Latin

Noun

prōverbium n ‎(genitive prōverbiī); second declension

1. proverb, saying, saw, maxim, adage

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• French: proverbe
• Italian: proverbio
• Spanish: proverbio

References

• proverbium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proverbium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “proverbium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • as the proverb says: ut est in proverbio
    
  • to pass into a proverb: in proverbii consuetudinem or simply in proverbium venire
    
  • to be used as a proverb: proverbii locum obtinere (Tusc. 4. 16. 36)
    
  • this is a proverb among the Greeks: hoc est Graecis hominibus in proverbio
    
  • that Greek proverb contains an excellent lesson: bene illo Graecorum proverbio praecipitur
    
  • an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio
    
  • an old proverb which every one knows: proverbium vetustate or sermone tritum (vid. sect. II. 3, note tritus...)
    
• proverbium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers