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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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Truth, particularly of a transcendent character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Latin vēritās (“truth; verity”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh1ros Proto-Italic *wēros Latin vērus Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin vēritāsbor. English veritas Borrowed from Latin vēritās.
