in vino veritas
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin in (“in”) + vīnō, the ablative singular of vīnum (“wine”) + vēritās (“truth”). Thus, “in wine there is truth”. First attested, as volgoque veritas iam attributa vino est, in the Naturalis Historia (XIV, 141) of Pliny the Elder.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɪn ˈviː.nəʊ vɛ.ɹɪˈtæs/
Proverb
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Translations
in wine, there is truth — see in wine, there is truth