verus

true

Usages of verus

• Magister id putat verum esse.: The teacher thinks it is true.
• Magister dicit nuntium verum esse.: The teacher says that the message is true.
• Quaestio difficilis est, sed responsum pueri verum est.: The question is difficult, but the boy’s answer is true.
• Magistra dicit responsum eius verum esse.: The teacher says that his answer is true.
• Hoc certe verum est.: This is certainly true.
• Ego tamen fratri quoque confido, si verum responsum dat et nihil celat.: I nevertheless trust my brother too, if he gives a true answer and hides nothing.
• Femina prudens dicit auctoritatem veram non ex sola potestate, sed ex fide civium nasci.: A prudent woman says that true authority is born not from power alone, but from the trust of the citizens.
• Vera dignitas non ex divitiis, sed ex bonis moribus nascitur.: True dignity is born not from riches, but from good character.
• Vera nobilitas etiam in paupertate manere potest.: True nobility can remain even in poverty.
• Pater dicit veram nobilitatem non ex divitiis, sed ex virtute nasci.: Father says that true nobility is born not from riches, but from virtue.
• Liberalitas vera plus valet quam divitiae.: True generosity is worth more than riches.
• Vera virtus ex bonis moribus nascitur.: True virtue is born from good character.
• Illa etiam monet non omnia verba aspera vera esse, nec omnem vocem blandam veram videri.: She also warns that not all harsh words are true, and that not every gentle voice seems true.
• Mater dicit veram amicitiam non solum in diebus serenis, sed etiam in rebus asperis apparere.: Mother says that true friendship appears not only in calm days, but also in hard circumstances.
• Sic discipuli, cum historias inter se comparent et testimonia personarum diligenter audiant, facilius intellegunt quid sit verum et quid falsum.: Thus the students, when they compare stories with one another and listen carefully to the testimonies of the characters, understand more easily what is true and what is false.
• Avia memorat veram amicitiam in rebus asperis apparere.: Grandmother says that true friendship appears in hard times.
• Haec fabula mihi quasi vera videtur.: This story seems, in a way, true to me.
• Philosophus dicit se non plane scire utrum fama vera sit.: The philosopher says that he does not fully know whether the report is true.

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