ἀληθεῖς δόξαι
Lemma: ἀληθής δόξα
Definition
“True opinion” or “correct belief”; a judgment that happens to be in accordance with reality, often contrasted (especially in Plato) with ἐπιστήμη (“knowledge”) as lacking a reasoned account or secure grounding.
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"ἀληθεῖς δόξαι"
Ἀληθεῖς: {'part_of_speech': 'adjective', 'lemma': 'ἀληθής', 'case': 'nominative or accusative', 'number': 'plural', 'gender': 'masculine or feminine', 'degree': 'positive', 'declension': '3rd declension (two-termination adjective, -ής, -ές)'}
Δόξαι: {'part_of_speech': 'noun', 'lemma': 'δόξα', 'case': 'nominative', 'number': 'plural', 'gender': 'feminine', 'declension': '1st declension'}
Agreement note: As written, the most straightforward agreement is nominative plural feminine: ἀληθεῖς (nom. pl. fem.) modifying δόξαι (nom. pl. fem.), i.e. “true opinions”. The form ἀληθεῖς can also be acc. pl. masc./fem. in isolation, but δόξαι is not accusative plural.