ἐπαληθεύω

ἐπᾰληθ-εύω,

• prove true, substantiate, verify, τὴν αἰτίαν, τὸν λόγον, Th. 4.85, 8.52; ἔργοις τὴν προσηγορίαν J. BJ 7.8.1:—Pass., D.H. 1.58.
• • • 2 prove oneʼs right to, τοὔνομα, τὴν πρόσρησιν, Ph. 2.6, 263.
  • II intr., to be true, genuine, ἐπαληθεῦον καὶ παγίως ἐνιδρυμένον ib. 311, cf. Dam. Pr. 31 bis, Sch. Pi. O. 10.17.
  • • 2 ἐ. τῷ ὀνόματι use the name correctly, Plot. 5.9.5; assert truly, Dexipp. in Cat. 50.24 (Pass.); but οὐ γὰρ -εύει τῷ ἐξῃρημένῳ τὸ οἰκεῖον ὄνομα κατʼ ἀκρίβειαν the transcendent is not strictly entitled to its own name, Dam. Pr. 7.