veritas (truth in the abstract; as a quality): verum (truth in the concrete; that which is true: ☞ hence we must render the phrase “to speak or say the truth,” not veritatem dicere, loqui, but verum or vera dicere; dicere quod res est): The exact truth, strict truth, summa veritas; severitas: a universally acknowledged truth, perspicua omnibus veritas: historic truth, historiae fides; also, historica fides (Ov., Am., 3, 12, 42): the truths of the Christian religion, vera, quae doctrina Christiana tradft, praecepta: half truths, quae non satis explorate percepta et cognita sunt: according to truth, ex re: it is an established truth, pro vero constat: to be a lover of truth, veritatis amicum, diligentem, or cultorem esse: to be blind to the truth, a vero aversum esse: to perceive the truth, quae vera sint, cernere: to say the truth (in concessions), verum, si loqui volumus; verum, si scire vis: to tell anybody the truth, alicui vera dicere.