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

Adverbial accusative of vērus (“true”).

Adverb

vērum (not comparable)

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

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the neuter of vērus (“true”).

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 3

Non-lemma forms.

Adjective

vērum

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

Etymology 4

From vēr (“spring”)

Noun

vērum n

1. genitive plural of vēr

References

• verum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “verum”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “verum” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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