verax

Latin > English

verax veracis (gen.), veracior -or -us, veracissimus -a -um ADJ :: speaking the truth, truthful (people); conveying the truth (things)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vērax: ācis, adj. verus,
I speaking truly, true, veracious (very rare): si eris verax, tuā ex re facies, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 6; 5, 2, 15: oraculum, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38: saga, Tib. 1, 2, 41: signa, id. 4, 1, 119: sensus, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79: visa quietis tranquilla atque veracia, id. Div. 1, 29, 61: Liber, Hor. S. 1, 4, 89.— With inf.: vosque veraces cecinisse Parcae, Hor. C. S. 25.—Comp.: Herodotum cur veraciorem ducam Ennio? Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116.—Sup.: veracissima promissio, Aug. Ep. 6.—Adv.: vērācĭter, truly, veraciously (opp. simulatorie), Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 4; 6, 10; id. ap. Hier. Ep. 56, 3; Ambros. Ep. 17, 1: Platonem acutius atque veracius intellexisse, Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 4; 5, 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) vērāx,¹³ ācis (verus), véridique, qui dit la vérité, sincère, sûr : Cic. Div. 1, 38 ; Ac. 2, 79 ; veracior Cic. Div. 2, 116 || -issimus Aug. Ep. 6 || [avec inf.] Hor. Sæc. 25.

Latin > German (Georges)

vērāx, ācis (vero, āre), wahrredend, wahrhaftig, oraculum, Cic.: saga, Tibull.: visa quietis veracia, wahr, eintreffend, Cic.: verax Liber, Hor.: verus ac verax deus, Augustin.: Herodotum cur veraciorem ducam Ennio? Cic.: veracissima promissio, Augustin. – mit folg. Infin., vosque veraces cecinisse Parcae, Wahrheit verkündigt habende (durch die Sibylla) = Wahrheit verkündende, Hor. carm. saec. 25 sq.

Latin > Chinese

verax, acis. adj. c. s. :: 眞言者