verax, veracis (gen.), veracior -or -us, veracissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
speaking the truth, truthful (people); conveying the truth (things);
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | veracia |
| Acc. | verax | veracia |
| Voc. | — | veracia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | veracius | veraciora |
| Gen. | veracioris | — |
| Acc. | veracius | veraciora |
| Voc. | veracius | veraciora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | veracissimus | veracissimi |
| Gen. | veracissimi | veracissimorum |
| Dat. | veracissimo | — |
| Acc. | veracissimum | veracissimos |
| Voc. | veracissime | veracissimi |
| Abl. | veracissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | veracissima | veracissimae |
| Gen. | veracissimae | veracissimarum |
| Dat. | veracissimae | — |
| Acc. | veracissimam | veracissimas |
| Voc. | veracissima | veracissimae |
| Abl. | veracissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | veracissimum | veracissima |
| Gen. | veracissimi | veracissimorum |
| Dat. | veracissimo | — |
| Acc. | veracissimum | veracissima |
| Voc. | veracissimum | veracissima |
| Abl. | veracissimo | — |
Examples
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...item? si ante quid mentitust, nunciam dehinc erit verax tibi. sine te exorem, sine prehendam auriculis, sine..." - T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...loci fortunae tuae sint facile intellegis. si eris verax, tua ex re, facies ex mala meliusculam. recte..." - G
Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...munerari, et quia adulatus est, omnes illos fefellit. Verax autem apud se cogitabar:"Si iste mendax, qui omnia..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...praebet aquam; post hunc quoque potus, condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber: hic tibi comis et urbanus liberque..." - P
Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...alarumque castra, ita divisis copiis ut ipse et Verax, sorore eius genitus, Classicusque ac Tutor suam quisque manum..."