FromProto-Italic*wēros, fromProto-Indo-European*weh₁ros, from*weh₁-(“true”). See alsoOld Englishwǣr(“true, correct”),Dutchwaar(“true”),Germanwahr(“true”),Icelandicalvöru(“earnest”),Proto-Slavic*vě̀ra(“faith/belief”).

• bērus(Late Latin, misspelling)

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.rus/,[ˈu̯eːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈve.rus/,[ˈvɛːrus]

vērus (femininevēra,neutervērum,comparativevērior,superlativevērissimus,adverbvērēorvērō);first/second-declension adjective

1. true,real,actual(conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct)
2. true,genuine(not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated)
3. proper,suitable(acceptable to or fitting for the purpose or circumstances)
4. right,just(complying with justice, correctness or reason)

First/second-declension adjective.

Inflected form ofverū.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.ruːs/,[ˈu̯ɛruːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈve.rus/,[ˈvɛːrus]

verūs

1. genitivesingular ofverū

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vērus”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes14: U–Z,page331

• “verus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vērus”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes14: U–Z,page329
• “verus”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1848),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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