veridicus Latin · revision 36215

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la vērus, la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [weːˈrɪ.dɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [veˈriː.di.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vēridicus''' (feminine vēridica, neuter vēridicum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The spelling ⟨veredicus⟩ also occurs.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vērus|-dicus|t1=true|t2=saying]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) with the second part from [[m|la|dīcō#2|t=to say]].^(Köbler 2010)^(Conte 2010) De Vaan derives ⟨vērus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*wēro-]] and [[ine-pro|*ueh₁-ro-|t=true]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|fír|t=true]] and [[goh|wār|t=true]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of a truth-telling mouth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was used above all of prophets and prophecies that tell the truth:^(OLD 2012) Cicero writes of truth-telling voices, Livy of a truthful interpreter of the gods, and Martial of truth-telling sisters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Less often it meant truly said or truly foretold: Pliny the Elder writes of a prophecy fulfilled in the event and of what experience has shown to be true.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Lewis and Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Augustine and Ammianus have the adverb ''vērīdicē''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin a charter could be called ''veridicus'', genuine as opposed to forged; it also meant establishing the facts, the neuter plural ''vēridica'' meant the facts, and the masculine noun a sworn municipal officer who could testify in a lawsuit.^(Niermeyer 1976) British writers used it of a truthful prophet or a truthful people.^(DMLBS) English [[m|en|veridical]] comes from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of a truth-telling mouth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of truthful voices.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of an interpreter of the gods.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a prophecy fulfilled.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|veridical]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # (of prophets and prophecies) Telling the [[m|en|truth]], [[m|en|truthful]], [[m|en|veracious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Truly said or truly foretold; true.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' (of a charter) [[m|en|genuine|alt=Genuine]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A sworn municipal officer qualified to testify in a lawsuit.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vērus]]

+ * [[vērāx]]

+ * [[fātidicus]]

+ * [[en|veridical]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}