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verum

Verum is a Latin word meaning true or real. The neuter form verum is used in Latin as a noun meaning “the truth,” especially in phrases such as verum est (it is true) or verum dicere (to tell the truth). The related adjective forms include verus (masculine) and vera (feminine). In classical and medieval Latin, verum functions within expressions that treat truth as a concept or attribute.

In philosophy and logic, verum has been used to denote truth or a truth value. In historic

The concept of verum underpins related English terms derived from the same root ver-, meaning truth. Derivatives

logics
and
early
symbolic
systems,
verum
and
falsum
were
sometimes
used
as
the
names
of
the
constants
for
true
and
false
in
propositional
calculus.
In
modern
discourse,
the
term
appears
mainly
in
scholarly
discussions,
translations
of
Latin
passages,
or
studies
of
the
history
of
logic,
rather
than
as
a
current
technical
term.
include
verify
and
veracity,
among
others.
In
religious,
literary,
and
academic
contexts,
Latin
phrases
containing
verum
are
used
to
discuss
truth,
honesty,
or
the
nature
of
reality.