in vino veritas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin in vīnō vēritās (literally “in wine there is truth”), from in (“in”) + vīnō, the ablative singular of vīnum (“wine”) + vēritās (“truth”). While various classical writers in both Greek and Latin make similar statements, the form in vino veritas is from the 16th-century humanist Erasmus, and is first attested in English writing soon afterwards in the same century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn′ vē′nō vĕ′rĭ-täs
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn ˈviː.nəʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɑːs/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn ˈvi.noʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɑs/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn ˈvi.noʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɒs/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn ˈviː.nəʉ ˈve.ɹɪ.tɐːs/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌən ˈviː.nɐʉ ˈve.ɹə.tɐːs/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn ˈvi.no ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tas/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌin ˈviː.noː ˈve.ɾi.ʈaːs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: in vi‧no ve‧ri‧tas

Proverb

in vino veritas

1. Synonym of in wine, there is truth (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:in vino veritas.

Translations

in wine, there is truth — see in wine, there is truth

Danish

Proverb

in vino veritas

1. in wine, there is truth (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪn ˈwiː.noː ˈweː.rɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈin ˈviː.no ˈvɛː.ri.t̪as]
• Hyphenation: in vī‧nō vē‧ri‧tās

Proverb

in vīnō vēritās

1. (New Latin) in wine, there is truth (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol)