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ἀληθ-εύω

aletheuo

speak truth

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀληθ-εύω · alēth-euō — LSJ

speak truth, speak truth, rightly foretold, prove, true

speak truth, A. Th. 562, Hp. Prog. 15, Pl. R. 589c; περί τι Id. Tht. 202b: with neut. Adj., ἀ. πάντα speak truth in all things, Batr. 14; πολλὰ ἀ. X. An. 4.4.15; τὰς δέκα ἡμέρας ἠλήθευσε he rightly foretold . . , ib. 5.6.18; ἀ. τοὺς ἐπαίνους prove their praises true, Luc. Ind. 20; τοὔνομα ‘make good’, Them. Or. 1.4c.

2 to be, prove true, to be fulfilled, arrive at truth, is in accordance with truth, to be truly predicated of

of things, to be, prove true, σημεῖα Hp. Prog. 25:—Pass., to be fulfilled, of conditions, ἐπὶ τούτοις -ομένοις X. Cyr. 4.6.10, freq. in Arist.:—Act. of reasoners, arrive at truth, Id. Metaph. 1062a25:—Pass., ὁ λόγος -εύεται is in accordance with truth, Top. 132b4, al.; ἀληθεύεσθαι κατά τινος to be truly predicated of . . , ib. 132a31, al.: fut. Med. in same sense, EN 1100a35, al.

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