genuine Copy link Outline 1. sincērus (without spurious admixtures, opp. to counterfeit)2. germānus (thorough-going, as if born or made so)3. gĕnuīnus (not so in Cic.)4. mĕrus (undiluted)5. authentĭcus6. vērus • genuine: 1. sincērus (without spurious admixtures, opp. to counterfeit): to distinguish the counterfeit and pretended from the g. and real, fucata atque simulata a sinceris atque veris internoscere, Cic. Am. 25, 94: g. (unadulterated) saffron, s. crocus, Plin. 21, 6, 17. 2. germānus (thorough-going, as if born or made so): a g. man of business, g. negotiator, Cic. Att. 1, 18, extr.: v. native. 3. gĕnuīnus (not so in Cic.): the most thoroughly g. of all the comedies of Plautus, Plauti comoedia omnium maxime g., Gell. 3, 3, med. 4. mĕrus (undiluted): v. sheer. 5. authentĭcus: Ulp. Dig.: v. authentic. 6. vērus: v. true, real.