ἀληθινός

See also: αληθινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ληθής (ălēthḗs, “true”) +‎ -ῐνός (-ĭnós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lɛː.tʰi.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.le̝.tʰiˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.li.θiˈnos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ληθῐνός • (ălēthĭnós) m (feminine ᾰ̓ληθῐνή, neuter ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν); first/second declension

(of persons) truthful, trustworthy
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.17
- 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Third Philippic 12
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 9.5
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 39.37
(of things) real and true, genuine
Antonym: πᾰνηγῠρῐκός (pănēgŭrĭkós)
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 499C
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1107A.31
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 10.3
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1281B.12
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 13.15

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓ληθῐνός; ᾰ̓ληθῐνή; ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓ληθῐνός ălēthĭnós	ᾰ̓ληθῐνή ălēthĭnḗ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν ălēthĭnón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ ălēthĭnṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ ălēthĭnā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ ălēthĭnṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοί ălēthĭnoí	ᾰ̓ληθῐναί ălēthĭnaí	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ ălēthĭnắ
Genitive	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῦ ălēthĭnoû	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῆς ălēthĭnês	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῦ ălēthĭnoû	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν ălēthĭnoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖν ălēthĭnaîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν ălēthĭnoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν ălēthĭnôn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν ălēthĭnôn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶν ălēthĭnôn
Dative	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῷ ălēthĭnōî	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῇ ălēthĭnēî	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῷ ălēthĭnōî	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν ălēthĭnoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖν ălēthĭnaîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖν ălēthĭnoîn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖς ălēthĭnoîs	ᾰ̓ληθῐναῖς ălēthĭnaîs	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοῖς ălēthĭnoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν ălēthĭnón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνήν ălēthĭnḗn	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν ălēthĭnón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ ălēthĭnṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ ălēthĭnā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ ălēthĭnṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνούς ălēthĭnoús	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ς ălēthĭnā́s	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ ălēthĭnắ
Vocative	ᾰ̓ληθῐνέ ălēthĭné	ᾰ̓ληθῐνή ălēthĭnḗ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνόν ălēthĭnón	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ ălēthĭnṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾱ́ ălēthĭnā́	ᾰ̓ληθῐνώ ălēthĭnṓ	ᾰ̓ληθῐνοί ălēthĭnoí	ᾰ̓ληθῐναί ălēthĭnaí	ᾰ̓ληθῐνᾰ́ ălēthĭnắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓ληθῐνῶς ălēthĭnôs			ᾰ̓ληθῐνώτερος ălēthĭnṓteros			ᾰ̓ληθῐνώτᾰτος ălēthĭnṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ἀληθινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀληθινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀληθινός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀληθινός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G228 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
ἀληθινός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- actual idem, page 10.
- authentic idem, page 53.
- genuine idem, page 357.
- intrinsic idem, page 455.
- real idem, page 675.
- sincere idem, page 777.
- substantial idem, page 832.
- unfeigned idem, page 918.