very (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. vērus (true)2. germānus (genuine)3. ipse (ipsus) (self, same) • very (adj.): 1. vērus (true): v. true, real. 2. germānus (genuine): I know that I have been a v. donkey, scio me g. asinum fuisse, Cic. Att. 4, 5, 3. 3. ipse (ipsus) (self, same): at that v. hour, ea i. hora, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4: superl., are you the man himself? His v. self, ergo ipsus es? ipsissimus, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 146. Phr.: expr. by superl., etc.: I speak in v. truth, verissime loquor, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: unless you were the v.est fool, nisi sis stultior stultissimo, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 26: v. utter. At this v. moment, nunc quum maxime, Cic. Clu. 5, 12: Tac. H. 4, 58: Ter. Andr. 5, 1, 4: at the v. moment when he was speaking, quum maxime loqueretur, Cic. Verr. 5, 54, 142.