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in vino veritas

Syllables: in vi·no ve·ri·tas/ˌɪn ˈviː.nəʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɑːs/US/ˌɪn ˈvi.noʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɑs/

in vino veritas proverb: synonym of in wine, there is truth (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol).

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.
    Synonyms:
    in wine, there is truth

Synonyms of in vino veritas

Origin of in vino veritas

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.

Questions about in vino veritas

What does in vino veritas mean?
In vino veritas means synonym of in wine, there is truth (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol).
What part of speech is in vino veritas?
In vino veritas is a proverb.
How do you pronounce in vino veritas?
In vino veritas is pronounced /ˌɪn ˈviː.nəʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɑːs/ (UK).

Words near in vino veritas in the dictionary

  1. in vain
  2. in very deed
  3. in view
  4. in view of
  5. in vigilance
  6. in vino veritas
  7. in virtue of
  8. in virtue of which
  9. in vitro
  10. in vitro fertilisation
  11. in vitro fertilisations

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