proverbium

Derived from prō- (“for, on behalf of”) +‎ verbum (“word”) +‎ -ium (“nominal suffix”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈwer.bi.um/, [proːˈwɛr.bi.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈver.bi.um/

prōverbium n (genitive prōverbiī); second declension

1. proverb, saying, saw, maxim, adage

Second declension.

• French: proverbe
• Italian: proverbio
• Portuguese: provérbio
• Spanish: proverbio

• 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
• proverbium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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