mūtum

vērĭtas, ātis, f. [verus], truth, truthfulness, verity; the true or real nature, reality (always abstract; cf.: verum, vera).

In gen.:

veritas, per quam immutata ea, quae sunt aut ante fuerunt aut futura sunt, dicuntur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 53, 162:

veritatem patefacere,

id. Sull. 16, 45:

argumentatio... in quā perspicuam omnibus veritatem continet adsumptio,

id. Inv. 1, 36, 65:

veritatis cultores, fraudis inimici,

id. Off. 1, 30, 109:

o magna vis veritatis, quae... facile se per se ipsa defendat,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

nescio quo modo verum est quod in Andriā (1, 1, 41) familiaris meus dicit: obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit... veritatem aspernere,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

nihil ad veritatem (loqui),

id. ib. 25, 91:

in omni re vincit imitationem veritas,

id. de Or. 3, 57, 215:

simplex ratio veritatis,

id. ib. 1, 53, 229.—

In partic.

Reality, real life, esp. of the likeness of life in works of art:

non intellegit Canachi signa rigidiora esse, quam ut imitentur veritatem,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

ut mutum in simulacrum ex animali exemplo veritas transferatur,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

oratores sunt veritatis ipsius actores,

id. de Or. 3, 56, 214: haec tria genera exornationum perraro sumenda sunt, cum in veritate dicemus, in reality, i. e. in the forum, not for practice merely, Auct. Her. 4, 22, 32: vulgus ex veritate pauca, ex opinione multa aestimat, according to truth or reality, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29:

salus omnium nostrum non veritate solum, sed etiam famā nititur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 2:

res et veritas,

id. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

exploranda est veritas,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 5.—

Nature, the truth of nature:

sic enim se profecto res habet, ut numquam perfecte veritatem casus imitetur,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

habere in se omnes numeros veritatis,

id. ib.; cf.:

ut, quicquid accidat, id ex aeternā veritate causarumque continuatione fluxisse dicatis,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 55.—

Consule veritatem, i. e. the etymology, = to etumon, Cic. Or. 48, 159; so Quint. 1, 6, 32; 1, 7, 8.—

Of character, truth, rectitude, integrity:

in tuam fidem, veritatem, misericordiam confugit,

Cic. Quint. 2, 10:

sint veritatis et virtutis magistri,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

spes obtinendae veritatis,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

judiciorum religionem veritatemque perfringere,

id. Verr 1, 1, 3: si ad illam summam veritatem legitimum jus exegeris, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

rustica Veritas,

truth, integrity, Mart. 10, 72, 11; cf. Plin. Pan. 84, 1.—

Plur. (rare):

veritates fortiter dicere,

Gell. 18, 7, 4.

vōcālis, e, adj. [vox], that utters a voice, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, vocal.

Lit.

Adj.:

aves cantu aliquo aut humano sermone vocales,

Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 141:

ranae (opp. mutae),

id. 8, 58, 83, § 227:

scarabaei nocturno stridore,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98:

piscis,

id. 9, 19, 34, § 70:

ora (vatis),

Ov. M. 5, 332; 11, 8:

nympha (of Echo),

id. ib. 3, 357:

Orpheus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 7:

chordae,

Tib. 2, 5, 3:

carmen,

Ov. M. 11, 317:

boves,

endowed with speech, Tib. 2, 5, 78: genus instrumenti, i. e. slaves (opp. semivocale and mutum), Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 1:

ne quem vocalem praeteriisse videamur,

speaking, talking, Cic. Brut. 69, 242; cf. Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 4:

antra,

in which oracles were given, Stat. Th. 1, 492:

terra, Dodonis,

Ov. M. 13, 716:

genus signorum,

Veg. Mil. 3, 5.— Comp.:

vocaliora sunt vacua quam plena,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 29; cf.:

sunt aliis alia (verba) jucundiora, vocaliora... verba e syllabis magis vocalia (corresp. to melius sonantes syllabae),

more vocal, clearer, Quint. 8, 3, 16.— Sup.:

eligere vocalissimum aliquem, qui legeret,

i. e. with the most powerful voice, Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 2.—

vōcālis, is, f. (littera), a vowel, Cic. Or. 23, 77; Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18; Quint. 1, 4, 6; 1, 5, 20; 1, 7, 14; 1, 7, 26.—

vōcāles, ĭum, m. (homines), vocalists, singers (late Lat.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34; Sid. Ep. 1, 2 fin. —

Transf.: causative, making vocal, causing or inspiring speech or song (rare and [p. 2003] poet.):

Castaliae vocales undae,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 2:

de Pieriis vocalis fontibus unda,

id. ib. 1, 2, 6.— Adv.: vōcālĭter, with a loud cry, loudly (post-class.), App. M. 1, p. 112; Tert. adv. Prax. 3.

vōcālis, e, adj. [vox], that utters a voice, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, vocal.

Lit.

Adj.:

aves cantu aliquo aut humano sermone vocales,

Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 141:

ranae (opp. mutae),

id. 8, 58, 83, § 227:

scarabaei nocturno stridore,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98:

piscis,

id. 9, 19, 34, § 70:

ora (vatis),

Ov. M. 5, 332; 11, 8:

nympha (of Echo),

id. ib. 3, 357:

Orpheus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 7:

chordae,

Tib. 2, 5, 3:

carmen,

Ov. M. 11, 317:

boves,

endowed with speech, Tib. 2, 5, 78: genus instrumenti, i. e. slaves (opp. semivocale and mutum), Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 1:

ne quem vocalem praeteriisse videamur,

speaking, talking, Cic. Brut. 69, 242; cf. Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 4:

antra,

in which oracles were given, Stat. Th. 1, 492:

terra, Dodonis,

Ov. M. 13, 716:

genus signorum,

Veg. Mil. 3, 5.— Comp.:

vocaliora sunt vacua quam plena,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 29; cf.:

sunt aliis alia (verba) jucundiora, vocaliora... verba e syllabis magis vocalia (corresp. to melius sonantes syllabae),

more vocal, clearer, Quint. 8, 3, 16.— Sup.:

eligere vocalissimum aliquem, qui legeret,

i. e. with the most powerful voice, Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 2.—

vōcālis, is, f. (littera), a vowel, Cic. Or. 23, 77; Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18; Quint. 1, 4, 6; 1, 5, 20; 1, 7, 14; 1, 7, 26.—

vōcāles, ĭum, m. (homines), vocalists, singers (late Lat.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34; Sid. Ep. 1, 2 fin. —

Transf.: causative, making vocal, causing or inspiring speech or song (rare and [p. 2003] poet.):

Castaliae vocales undae,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 2:

de Pieriis vocalis fontibus unda,

id. ib. 1, 2, 6.— Adv.: vōcālĭter, with a loud cry, loudly (post-class.), App. M. 1, p. 112; Tert. adv. Prax. 3.