in vino veritas

English

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.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪn ˈviː.nəʊ ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tæs/, /-tɑːs/, /... vɛ.ɹɪˈtæs/
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Proverb

in vino veritas

  1. In wine, there is truth.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:in vino veritas.

Translations
in wine, there is truth — see in wine, there is truth

References
  1. “in vino veritas, phr.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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