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in vino veritas
in vino veritas (ɪn ˈviːnəʊ ˈvɛrɪˌtæs) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) in wine there is truth; people speak the truth when they are drunkin vi•no ve•ri•tas (ɪn ˈwi noʊ ˈwɛ rɪˌtɑs; Eng. ɪn ˈvi noʊ ˈvɛr ɪˌtæs)
Latin. in wine there is truth. in vino veritasA Latin phrase meaning in wine there is truth, used to mean that people will say what they really feel when they have been drinking alcohol.Translationsin vino veritas
in vino veritasA Latin phrase meaning "in wine, there is truth," alluding to how people are said to be more truthful or open when they are intoxicated. Whenever I need to get the truth out of someone, I just open a bottle of wine. In vino veritas—it works every time!in vino veritasDrunks speak the truth. This Latin expression, literally “In wine [is] truth,” was already used by the ancient Greeks and probably survived so long in the Latin form because Erasmus in his widely circulated Adagia so rendered it. There are versions in numerous languages. The cliché is heard less often nowadays, but as the study of Latin is slowly reviving it may surface more often.AcronymsSeeIVV |