truth
→
but, however
3 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 52236) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | δή | |
| meaning 1 | truly, indeed, of cause, no doubt | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | but | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 46624) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | verum | |
| meaning 1 | truly | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | but, however | no modo agendo verum etiam cogitando (Cicero, Pro Caelio) not only by acting but also by thinking |
| reference | Lewis, Short Glare | |
| comment | Adverbial accusative of verus 'true'. |
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| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 52248) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | vero | |
| meaning 1 | realy, indeed | ego vero cupio te ad me venire (C) I really want to come to you |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | but, however | tres jam copiarum partes Helvetios id flumen traduxisse, quartam vero partem citra flumen Ararim reliquam esse (Cs) The Helvetians had already ferried three-quarters of their troops across this river, while the fourth part remained on this side of the Arar River. |
| reference | Dvoreckij 1958: 1068 | |
| comment | ||