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ἐτήτυμος

ἐτήτυμος, true

ἐτήτῠμ-ος, ον, poet. redupl. for ἔτυμος,
  • true, οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅδε μῦθος ἐ. Od. 23.62; ἐ. ἄγγελος ἐλθών Il. 22.438; ἐτήτυμα μυθησαίμην Hes. Op. 10; τοῦτʼ ἀγόρευσον ἐτήτυμον tell me this true, Od. 1.174; τοῦτʼ ἐ.; c. inf., is this true, that . . ? A. Pers. 737 (troch.); εἰ λέγεις ἐτήτυμα S. Ph. 1290; τὸ δʼ ἐ. but the truth is . ., Ar. Pax 119.
      • 2 of persons, truthful, οὐ ψευδόμαντις . ., ἀλλʼ ἐ. E. Or. 1667; ἐ. στόμα Id. IT 1085.
      • 3 genuine, real, κείνῳ δʼ οὐκέτι νόστος ἐ. for him there remains no true, real return, Od. 3.241; ἀλάθεια, κλέος, Pi. O. 10(11).54, N. 7.63; ἐ. Διὸς κόρα A. Ch. 948; παῖς ἐ. γεγώς S. Tr. 1064; χρυσός Theoc. 12.37: in late Prose, Them. Or. 22.279d.
    • II as Adv., in neut. ἐτήτυμον, truly, really, Od. 4.157, Il. 13.111, 18.128, Archil. 62: regul. Adv. -μως A. Ag. 167 (lyr.), 682 (lyr.); ὡς ἐ. S. El. 1452.

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