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|lshtext=<b>vērĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[verus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[truth]], [[truthfulness]], [[verity]]; the true or [[real]] [[nature]], [[reality]] ([[always]] [[abstract]]; cf.: [[verum]], vera).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: [[veritas]], per [[quam]] immutata ea, quae sunt aut [[ante]] fuerunt aut futura sunt, dicuntur, Cic. Inv. 2, 53, 162: veritatem patefacere, id. Sull. 16, 45: [[argumentatio]] ... in quā perspicuam omnibus veritatem continet adsumptio, id. Inv. 1, 36, 65: veritatis cultores, fraudis inimici, id. Off. 1, 30, 109: o magna vis veritatis, quae ... [[facile]] se per se ipsa defendat, id. Cael. 26, 63: [[nescio]] quo [[modo]] [[verum]] est [[quod]] in Andriā (1, 1, 41) [[familiaris]] [[meus]] dicit: [[obsequium]] amicos, [[veritas]] [[odium]] parit ... veritatem aspernere, id. Lael. 24, 89: [[nihil]] ad veritatem (loqui), id. ib. 25, 91: in omni re vincit imitationem [[veritas]], id. de Or. 3, 57, 215: [[simplex]] [[ratio]] veritatis, id. ib. 1, 53, 229.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reality, [[real]] [[life]], esp. of the [[likeness]] of [[life]] in works of [[art]]: non intellegit Canachi signa rigidiora esse, [[quam]] ut imitentur veritatem, Cic. Brut. 18, 70: ut mutum in [[simulacrum]] ex animali [[exemplo]] [[veritas]] transferatur, id. Inv. 2, 1, 3: oratores sunt veritatis ipsius actores, id. de Or. 3, 56, 214: haec tria genera exornationum [[perraro]] sumenda sunt, cum in veritate dicemus, in [[reality]], i. e. in the [[forum]], not for [[practice]] [[merely]], Auct. Her. 4, 22, 32: [[vulgus]] ex veritate pauca, ex opinione [[multa]] aestimat, according to [[truth]] or [[reality]], Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29: [[salus]] omnium [[nostrum]] non veritate [[solum]], sed [[etiam]] famā nititur, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 2: res et [[veritas]], id. de Or. 1, 17, 77: exploranda est [[veritas]], Phaedr. 3, 10, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nature, the [[truth]] of [[nature]]: sic [[enim]] se [[profecto]] res habet, ut [[numquam]] [[perfecte]] veritatem [[casus]] imitetur, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23: habere in se omnes numeros veritatis, id. ib.; cf.: ut, [[quicquid]] accidat, id ex aeternā veritate causarumque continuatione fluxisse dicatis, id. N. D. 1, 20, 55.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consule veritatem, i. e. the etymology, = τὸ ἔτυμον, Cic. Or. 48, 159; so Quint. 1, 6, 32; 1, 7, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[character]], [[truth]], [[rectitude]], [[integrity]]: in tuam fidem, veritatem, misericordiam confugit, Cic. Quint. 2, 10: sint veritatis et virtutis magistri, id. Rep. 3, 3, 4: [[spes]] obtinendae veritatis, id. Deiot. 2, 5: judiciorum religionem veritatemque perfringere, id. Verr 1, 1, 3: si ad illam summam veritatem legitimum jus exegeris, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1: [[rustica]] Veritas, [[truth]], [[integrity]], Mart. 10, 72, 11; cf. Plin. [[Pan]]. 84, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur. ([[rare]]): veritates [[fortiter]] dicere, Gell. 18, 7, 4.

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|georg=vēritās, ātis, f. ([[verus]]), die [[Wahrheit]], I) im allg., die wahre, wirkliche, naturgetreue usw. [[Beschaffenheit]], die [[Wahrheit]] = die [[Wirklichkeit]], Naturgemäßheit, Naturwahrheit (Ggstz. [[imitatio]], [[opinio]], [[fama]]), in omni re vincit imitationem [[veritas]], Cic.: u. so imitari veritatem, [[naturgetreu]] [[darstellen]] (v. Künstlern) od. [[naturgetreu]] [[sein]] ([[von]] Kunstwerken), Cic.; vgl. veritatem mutum in [[simulacrum]] ex animali [[exemplo]] ([[Original]]) transferre, Cic.: consule veritatem, Cic.: ne [[plus]] ei tribuas, [[quam]] [[res]] et [[veritas]] ipsa concedat, Cic.: [[natura]] rerum et ipsa [[veritas]] clamabat, Cic.: [[doctrina]] [[paulo]] asperior et durior, [[quam]] [[veritas]] et [[natura]] patitur, die [[Wirklichkeit]] u. das natürliche [[Gefühl]], Cic.: [[vulgus]] ex veritate pauca, ex opinione [[multa]] aestimat, Cic.: [[quicquam]] potest casu [[esse]] [[factum]], [[quod]] omnes habet in se numeros veritatis? der inneren [[Wahrheit]], [[Notwendigkeit]], Cic.: cum in veritate dicemus, in W. (d.i. [[auf]] dem [[Forum]], [[nicht]] [[bloß]] zur [[Übung]]), Cic.: homines expertes veritatis, [[ohne]] alle [[Erfahrung]] ([[vor]] [[Gericht]]), Cic. – II) insbes., im Ggstz. zur [[Unwahrheit]], zur [[Lüge]], die [[Wahrheit]] (Ggstz. [[mendacium]]), 1) eig.: o magna [[vis]] veritatis, Cic.: nuda [[veritas]], Hor. u. Apul.: [[simplex]] et nuda [[veritas]], Ggstz. ornamentis [[extrinsecus]] additis fucata, Lact.: molesta (est) [[veritas]], Cic.: [[nihil]] ad veritatem loqui, Cic.: [[cuius]] aures veritati clausae sunt, Cic.: aspernari veritatem, Cic.: id [[mihi]] gratissimum est, te [[libenter]] amicitiae dedisse, [[quod]] [[liquido]] veritati dares, daß du das, [[was]] du [[als]] [[Mann]] der [[Wahrheit]] [[mit]] [[Überzeugung]] [[sagen]] konntest, [[auch]] [[als]] [[Freund]] gern gesagt hast, Cic.: ut multis incommodis [[veritas]] debilitata [[tandem]] aequitate talium virorum recreetur, Cic.: [[historia]] [[numquam]] veritatem egredi debet, Plin. ep.: [[quae]] [[mihi]] ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt, Cic.: [[qui]] argui posset, [[donec]] ad liquidum [[veritas]] explorata esset, Liv.: exploranda est [[veritas]] [[multum]], [[priusquam]] etc., Phaedr.: convicio aurium cum extorta [[mihi]] [[veritas]] esset, Cic.: veritatem patefacere, Cic.: [[quae]] ([[amicitia]]) tota veritate perpenditur, deren [[Wert]] [[ganz]] [[nach]] der W. abgewogen wird, Cic.: [[veritas]] mendaciis velabatur, Amm. – Plur., veritates [[plerumque]] [[fortiter]] dicere, Gell. 18, 7, 4. – 2) meton., der [[Sinn]] [[für]] [[Wahrheit]], die [[Wahrhaftigkeit]], [[Offenheit]], [[Geradheit]], [[Rechtlichkeit]], Ehrlichkeit, [[Unparteilichkeit]] (s. [[Klotz]] Ter. Andr. 857. p. 169 sq. [[Halm]] Cic. Verr. 4, 113), [[tristis]] [[veritas]] inest in voltu [[atque]] in verbis [[fides]], Ter.: in tuam fidem, veritatem confugit, Cic.: in [[illa]] (sorore) tua [[simplicitas]], tua [[veritas]] cognoscitur, Plin. pan.: [[rustica]] v., Mart. – übtr., v. Lebl., iudiciorum [[religio]] veritasque, Cic.: [[non]] offendit me [[veritas]] litterarum tuarum, Cic.

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