true (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Opp. to falsehood1. vērus2. vērax (that speaks the truth)II. Not spurious1. vērus2. sincērus (not adulterated or tampered with)3. germānusIII. Keeping faithIV. Exact; esp. of lines • true (adj.): I. Opp. to falsehood: 1. vērus: opp. falsus, Ter. Andr. 5, 4, 19: et pass. Less freq. = speaking the truth; veracious (verax: v. infr.): a t. prophetess, v. vates, Ov. Her. 16, 123. 2. vērax (that speaks the truth): a t. oracle, v. oraculum, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38: Hor.: v. veracious. Phr.: (i.) in asseveration: so t. as I'm alive, ita vivam, ut (with indic.), Cic. Att. 5, 15: for which may be used, ita me dii ament (juvent), Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 1 (like our, so help me God); and, ita sim felix, Prop. 1, 7, 3: *ita deos mihi velim propitios! (R. and A.) (ii.) in replies: when it may be expr. by, ita (prorsus) existimo, mihi ita videtur, certe: v. certainly, yes. True; but ..., atqui: Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11: v. yet. II. Not spurious: real, genuine: 1. vērus: t. and perfect friendship, v. et perfecta amicitia, Cic. Am. 6, 22: cf. id. 25, 95: v. genuine, real. 2. sincērus (not adulterated or tampered with): opp. simulatus, fucatus, Cic. l. c. 3. germānus: v. genuine, thorough. III. Keeping faith: fīdus, fĭdēlis: v. faithful. IV. Exact; esp. of lines: Phr.: t. to the perpendicular, square, etc.: *quod subtiliter ad perpendiculum (normam, etc.) respondet: a t. line, *perh. linea justa: or simply, linea recta: v. straight.