verum

Icelandic

Noun

verum

1. indefinite dative plural of vera

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.rum/, [ˈu̯eːrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.rum/, [ˈvɛːrum]

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
2. military spear, javelin

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vērum

1. inflection of vērus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine 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
• verum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• verum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
• 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
    

Anagrams

• ervum

Old Norse

Noun

verum

1. dative plural of verr