What is the word for truth and its meaning in Koine Greek?
Last Updated: 20.06.2025 00:42
αλὴθεια / Alithea.
The word has remained the same into Modern Greek
The Greek word for thief/robber/pirate is ληστής/listis which is derived from λανθάνω as well
Why is my older sister so mean to me as if I was her enemy?
Nuda Veritas is the derivation of the term “Naked Truth”.
The root verb is λανθάνω/lanthano=to escape notice/to make one forget/to lay hidden
the word is composed of the privative prefix α- and λήθη/lethe which means “forgetfulness/stupor”. So the αλήθεια means “without fault/stupor/hiding”
a couple of points:
as a result Alitheia, the Goddess of Truth, was always depicted as a naked, unassuming and plain looking woman. The Latin equivalent was nuda Veritas. Truth has nothing to hide and didn’t need all the adornments of the other gods.
There is absolutely no relation to λίθος/lithos=stone. Notice the η vs ι.
Why can’t the British eat or drink anything unless they place a table cloth on the table first?
A similarly derived word is ληθαργία/lethargia=toiling under forgetfulness/stupor….lethargy.
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