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.

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