veritus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect participle of vereor.

Participle

veritus (feminine verita, neuter veritum); first/second-declension participle

  1. respected, revered
  2. feared, dreaded

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative veritus verita veritum veritī veritae verita
Genitive veritī veritae veritī veritōrum veritārum veritōrum
Dative veritō veritō veritīs
Accusative veritum veritam veritum veritōs veritās verita
Ablative veritō veritā veritō veritīs
Vocative verite verita veritum veritī veritae verita

References

  • veritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • veritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • veritus 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)
  • veritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) veracity: veritas
    • (ambiguous) in everything nature defies imitation: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas