verum

verum

1. indefinite dative plural of vera

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.rum/, [ˈweː.rũ]

Adverbial accusative of vērus (“true”).

vērum (not comparable)

1. truly; even so
2. but; yet; however
3. still

Nominalization of the neuter of vērus (“true”).

vērum n (genitive vērī); second declension

1. reality, fact

Second declension.

• Romanian: adevăr

See the etymology of the main entry.

vērum

1. inflection of vērus:
   1. nominative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular
   3. accusative neuter singular
   4. vocative neuter singular

From vēr (“spring”)

vērum n

1. genitive plural of vēr

• verum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• verum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (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 very near the truth: proxime ad verum accedere
    
  • (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) to put it exactly: si quaeris, si verum quaerimus