sincere Copy link Outline 1. sincērus (unmixed, unadulterated2. simplex, ĭcis (very like sincerus3. vērus (real, genuine)4. candĭdus (honest, frank, ingenuous)5. expr. by haud (minime, haudquaquam) fucatus; fucati nihil in se habens • sincere: 1. sincērus (unmixed, unadulterated: rare in exactly sense of Eng.): with s. good faith, s. fide, Liv. 39, 2, init.: a s. (honest and truthful) narrator, rerum gestarum pronuntiator s., Cic. Br. 83, 287. 2. simplex, ĭcis (very like sincerus: denoting the absence of all guile and deception): Join: apertus et simplex (outspoken and frank), id. Rep. 3, 16. 3. vērus (real, genuine): s. and perfect friendship, v. et perfecta amicitia, Cic. Am. 6, 22: v. true, real. 4. candĭdus (honest, frank, ingenuous): s. souls, c. animae, Hor. S. 1, 5, 41. 5. expr. by haud (minime, haudquaquam) fucatus; fucati nihil in se habens: v. false, counterfeit.