What is the word for truth and its meaning in Koine Greek?
Last Updated: 20.06.2025 05:44
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.
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Do older men realize that younger women usually do not prefer them?
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 similarly derived word is ληθαργία/lethargia=toiling under forgetfulness/stupor….lethargy.
The root verb is λανθάνω/lanthano=to escape notice/to make one forget/to lay hidden
Nuda Veritas is the derivation of the term “Naked Truth”.
The word has remained the same into Modern Greek
αλὴθεια / Alithea.
Would you let your partner cheat on you every now and again?
The Greek word for thief/robber/pirate is ληστής/listis which is derived from λανθάνω as well
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