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Dictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- prōverbĭum, ĭi, n. [pro-verbum]. I. An old saying, a saw, maxim, adage, proverb (class.;
syn. adagium): ex quo illud factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium, etc.
, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 77: in proverbii consuetudinem venire
, id. ib. 2, 15, 55: illud in proverbium venit
, Liv. 40, 46: quod est Graecis hominibus in proverbio
, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, 53; id. Or. 70, 235: quod proverbii loco dici solet
, id. Phil. 13, 12, 27: proverbii locum obtinere
, id. Tusc. 4, 16, 36: vulgare
, id. Fam. 10, 20, 2: acta agimus, quod vetamur veteri proverbio
, id. Lael. 22, 85: ut proverbium loquitur vetus
, Amm. 14, 11, 12.—In plur.: in communibus proverbiis
, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, 121: proverbia opportune aptata
, Quint. 6, 3, 97. —II. A byword, a subject of contemptuous reference (post-class.): et eris perditus in proverbium
, Vulg. Deut. 28, 37; id. 3 Reg. 9, 7.
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