verum

Icelandic

Noun

verum

1. indefinite dative plural of vera

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From vērus ‎(“true”)

Adverb

vērum (not comparable)

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

Adjective

vērum

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

Noun

vērum n ‎(genitive vērī); second declension

1. reality, fact

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vērum	vēra
genitive	vērī	vērōrum
dative	vērō	vērīs
accusative	vērum	vēra
ablative	vērō	vērīs
vocative	vērum	vēra

Descendants

• Romanian: adevăr

Etymology 2

From vēr ‎(“spring”)

Noun

vērum n

1. genitive plural of vēr

References

• verum in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], 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