Dictionary formverus, vera, verum
Translation
true, real; genuine, truthful
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This opinion is true.
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He found a true friend.
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He said nothing of the truth.
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This is truer than that.
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He used truthful words.
Verus, vera, verum, first and second declension. The neuter has escaped its adjective and become two other things: verum as a noun is "the truth", and verum as a conjunction is "but", while the ablative vero is one of the commonest particles in Latin, meaning "indeed" or "but in fact" and often barely translatable.
Watch the near-neighbours in a text: verum "true" against verbum "word", and vero the particle against the dative or ablative of verus. The family is large and well used: veritas, vere, verax, verifico, verisimilis. English very came in meaning "true" and only later slid into a mere intensifier, which is why "the very man" still preserves the old sense; verify, veracity, verdict and aver are all here too.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 8: verus, consilium, ventus and 7 more words.