~ VERACIOUS  VERIDICAL        see> VERA
             consider TRUTH
                      FACT
             note expanded ideas in  VIRGIN  DREAD
                  PENIS  SHAME  WHIP as found in
             lat  VIRGA  VERGA  VERECUNDIA
             for more see> below VERGA  and
             VIRGIN   PUBERTY  PENDANT  PENIS
~ VERACITY     from lat VERAX VERUS = TRUTHFUL HONEST
~ VEREDICT   or in sp
~ VEREDICTO  A JUDGMENT as an EDICT or
             DECLARATION OF THE TRUTH
             note how this term is increasingly reduced
                  to mean SENTENCE BY A JUDGE or
             JUDGMENT as in ADJUDICATION    PUNISHMENT
~ VERIFY     from VERITAS plus  FACERE for
                  TRUTH         DETERMINE
~ VERITABLE  CREDIBLE     sug>  VERITY VERIDIC
~ VERITAS    lat VERU VERITAS = TRUTH     <see
             myth> Roman Goddess of the TRUTH
                   in Greece ALETHIA   sug> LETHAL
  MOTHER OF VIRTUE and DAUGHTER OF     sug> LETOS
  CRONOS or CRONUS & SATURN
  med> " IN VINO VERITAS " or TRUTH IN WINE
       underscores how ALCOHOL DECREASES INHIBITIONS thus
  FACILITATES EMANATION OF TRUTH OR TRUE FEELINGS
  lit+ " THE TRUTH HIDES
         IT MUST BE SEARCHED FOR "   attr to DEMOCRITUS [#]
  DEMOCRITUS RECOGNIZED THAT TRUTH AS VERY HARD TO FIND
  AND HIS METAPHOR WAS THAT
  VERITAS HIDES AT THE BOTTOM OF WELLS
  explore VESTAL VERITABLE VIRGINS