veritas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Truth, particularly of a transcendent character.
name
  1. The Goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn, and the mother of Virtus, also sometimes considered the daughter of Jupiter, or a creation of Prometheus; she is equivalent to Aletheia in Greek mythology

Pronunciation

/ˈvɛɹɪtɑːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-veritas.wav

Word forms

veritas veritates

Etymology

From Latin vēritās.

Related words

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