English → Latin
“true” in Latin
vērustrue, real, actual (conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct); true, genuine (not counterfeisincērusclean, pure, sound; uninjured, whole; real, naturalgermānusof brothers or sisters; full, own; true, natural, authenticregōto rule, govern, direct; to guide, steer, control; to oversee, manage
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
true
Not false, real, verus (general term): sincerus, germanus (uncorrupt, pure, genuine). (The words are found in this connection and order.) verus et sincerus. To see anybody in his true colors, aliquem evolutum integumentis dissimulationis nudatumque perspicere (Cic.): a true scholar, vir vere doctus: a true Stoic, verus et sincerus Stoicus: germanus Stoicus: not a syllable of it is true, tota res ficta est: it is true, verum est: res ita se habet: res veritate nititur (general terms): non nego: concedo: fateor (as forms of giving assent): it is not true, falsum est: to be found or proved true, exitu comprobari: dreams come true, somnia evadunt or eveniunt (Cic.).
Faithful, Vid:
Exact, rectus.
In forms of protestation and swearing: “as true as,” ita or sic with the subjunctive followed by ut, with the subjunctive if a wish is to be expressed, the indicative, if an assertion is to be made: “as true as I live, I shudder”, etc., ita vivam (or ita deos mihi velim propitios), ut - perhorresco: or (with ita vivam thrown in parenthetically) perhorresco, ita vivam, etc. “As true as I am alive, I should like,” etc., ita vivam (or ita mihi omnia, quae opto, contingant) ut velim, etc.
In answers of partial assent followed by an objection. True... but; Vid: GOOD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for true?
- The usual Latin words for “true” are vērus, sincērus, germānus; also regō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.