Latin Recipe: In vino veritas.

In vino veritas.

(from a German restaurant)

The phrase "in vino veritas" playfully alludes to the idea that when people get drunk, they might admit to things they would never admit to when sober. Notice also the nice alliteration: vino...veritas. That is part of the charm of the Latin saying. The saying has its own Wikipedia article, which includes parallels from other cultures also.

Dictionary:

in. from in (preposition): in

vino. from vinum, vini: wine

veritas. from veritas, veritatis: truth

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See if you can identify the types of variations below, and then you can try making your own variations. The noun is marked in bold to help you notice the changes in word order. Extra words beyond the original prepositional phrase + noun are underlined.

1. In vino verum.
2. In vino verba verissima.
3. Veritas in vino invenitur.
4. In vino veritas revelatur.
5. In aqua sanitas.
6. In vino veritas, sed in aqua sanitas.
7. In aqua pura sanitas secura.
8. In vino feritas.
9. In minimis maximum.
10. In parvo magnum.
11. In cauda venenum.
12. In cauda venenum: cave!
13. In herba anguis.
14. In amore dolores.
15. Dolores in amore abundant.
16. In sterculino margarita.
17. In legibus libertas.
18. In libris libertas.
19. In labore decus.
20. In cineribus scintilla.
21. In tenebris lux.
22. In concordia victoria.
23. In silentio securitas.
24. Securitas in silentio.
25. Saepe in silentio securitas.
26. In lacrimis aliquando voluptas.
27. In nocte consilium.
28. In mora periculum.
29. In varietate voluptas.
30. In oculis animus.