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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• truth:
      1. 1. vērĭtas (in abstr. sense: as a principle or quality): t. begets hatred, v. odium parit, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 41: opp. fraus, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109: in accordance with t., ex veritate, id. R. Com. 10, 29: ad veritatem (as a standard to which things may be referred), id. Am. 25, 91: such a lover of truth, adeo diligens veritatis, Nep. Epam. 3: to depart from the t. (ever so little), a v. deflectere, Cic. R. Com. 16, 46: egredi veritatem, Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 10 (of historical narrative, which overstates things): plain, homely t., rustica v., Mart. 10, 72, 11.
      2. 2. neut. of vērus (concrete, that which is true; esp. in pl.): if you wish to know the t., si verum [not veritatem] scire vis, Cic. Att. 12, 41: to distinguish t. and falsehood, vera ac falsa dijudicare, id.: I may speak the t. (without reserve), licet verum dicere, id. Fam. 9, 24; also, quod verum est (dicere), id. Att. 3, 9: and if more than one fact be referred to, or if the practice of speaking the truth be meant, vera dicere or loqui: Pl. Cap. 5, 2, 7. [N.B.--Never veritatem dicere or loqui: which would have no meaning.]
      3. 3. sometimes, fĭdes (that which may be believed): not to aim at producing a charming narrative but t., non speciem expositionis sed f. quaerere, Quint. 10, 1, 32: mere words without any t., verba sine f. rerum, Liv. 33, 34, init.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• TRUTH
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.