verus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros, from *weh₁- (“true”). See also Old English wǣr (“true, correct”), Dutch waar (“true”), German wahr (“true”), Icelandic alvöru (“earnest”), Russian ве́ра (véra, “faith”).

Alternative forms

bērus
uērus (typographic)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.rus/, [ˈweː.rʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.rus/, [ˈveː.rus]
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Adjective

vērus (feminine vēra, neuter vērum, comparative vērior, superlative vērissimus); first/second declension

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	vērus	vēra	vērum	vērī	vērae	vēra
genitive	vērī	vērae	vērī	vērōrum	vērārum	vērōrum
dative	vērō	vērae	vērō	vērīs
accusative	vērum	vēram	vērum	vērōs	vērās	vēra
ablative	vērō	vērā	vērō	vērīs
vocative	vēre	vēra	vērum	vērī	vērae	vēra

Derived terms

Terms derived from verus

vērāx
vērē
vēridicus

Related terms

Terms related to verus

vērācitās
vērāciter
vērificābilis

vēritābilis
vērumtamen

Descendants

Aromanian: ver
Catalan: ver
English: very, verify
Esperanto: vero
French: voire
Friulian: vêr
Ido: vera

Interlingua: ver
Istro-Romanian: ver
Italian: vero
Middle English: verray
Old French: voir, verai
Portuguese: vero
Romanian: adevăr

Sicilian: veru
Spanish: vero
Venetian: vero
Volapük: ver
Walloon: vraiy

Etymology 2

Inflected form of verū.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwe.ruːs/, [ˈwɛ.ruːs]

Noun

verūs

genitive singular of verū

References

verus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
verus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
verus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere
- (ambiguous) my dream is coming true: somnium verum evādit (Div. 2. 53. 108)
- (ambiguous) to speak the truth, admit the truth: verum dicere, profiteri
- (ambiguous) to be averse to truth: a vero aversum esse (Catil. 3. 1. 29)
- (ambiguous) love of truth: veri videndi, investigandi cupiditas
- (ambiguous) zealous pursuit of truth: veri inquisitio atque investigatio
- (ambiguous) to be led away from the truth: a vero abduci
- (ambiguous) to be very near the truth: proxime ad verum accedere
- (ambiguous) to be probable: a vero non abhorrere
- (ambiguous) to be probable: veri simile esse
- (ambiguous) to distinguish true and false: vera et falsa (a falsis) diiudicare
- (ambiguous) to confuse true with false: vera cum falsis confundere
- (ambiguous) in truth; really: re (vera), reapse (opp. specie)
- (ambiguous) to make a copy true to nature: aliquid ad verum exprimere
- (ambiguous) but to return from the digression we have been making: verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamur
- (ambiguous) nominally; really: verbo, nomine; re, re quidem vera
- (ambiguous) to tell lies: falsa (pro veris) dicere
- (ambiguous) a man who genuinely wishes the people's good: homo vere popularis (Catil. 4. 5. 9)
- (ambiguous) without wishing to boast, yet..: quod vere praedicare possum
- (ambiguous) to put it exactly: si quaeris, si verum quaerimus
verus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
verus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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