English Explanatory Dictionary

in vino veritas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Synonym of in wine, there is truth (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol)

Pronunciation

ĭn′ vē′nō vĕ′rĭ-täs /ˌɪn ˈviː.nəʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɑːs/ /ˌɪn ˈvi.noʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɑs/ /ˌɪn ˈvi.noʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tɒs/ /ˌɪn ˈviː.nəʉ ˈve.ɹɪ.tɐːs/ /ˌən ˈviː.nɐʉ ˈve.ɹə.tɐːs/ /ˌɪn ˈvi.no ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tas/ /ˌin ˈviː.noː ˈve.ɾi.ʈaːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-in vino veritas.wav

Word forms

in vino veritas

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin in vīnō vēritās (literally “in wine there is truth”), from in (“in”) + vīnō, the ablative singular of vīnum (“wine”) + vēritās (“truth”). While various classical writers in both Greek and Latin make similar statements, the form in vino veritas is from the 16th-century humanist Erasmus, and is first attested in English writing soon afterwards in the same century.

Synonyms

in wine there is truth
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