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prōverbĭum, ĭi, n. [pro-verbum].

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.

prōverbium, iī, n. (pro u. verbum), I) das Sprichwort, iam tritum sermone proverbium, ein gang u. gäbes Sprichwort, Cic.: venit in proverbium, Liv., od. in consuetudinem proverbii, Cic., ist zum Spr. geworden: ebenso in proverbium cessit, Plin.: unde et in proverbium tractum est ›muli Mariani‹, Frontin.: inde rem ad triarios redisse, cum laboratur, proverbio increbuit, ist zum häufigen (fast gewöhnlichen) Spr. geworden, Liv.: veteri proverbio, nach dem alten Spr., Cic.: quod est Graecis in proverbio, ist bei ihnen ein Spr., Cic.: ut est in proverbio, wie man im Spr. sagt, Cic.: esse in proverbium et in fabulam, Vulg. 3. regg. 9, 7: et usus est vulgari proverbio ›oleum in incendium‹, Porphyr. Hor. sat. 2, 3, 321: ut proverbium loquitur vetus, Amm. 14, 11, 12: ut ait vetus proverbium, Apul. met. 11, 28: usurpabat hoc saepe proverbium, quod supra nos idem et nihil ad nos pertinere, Lact.: unde hic antiquissimus versus vice proverbii celebratus est, Gell.: Graeco proverbio notatum est m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Suet. Tib. 38 extr. – Plur., proverbia opportune aptata, Quint.: istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam, Cic. – II) im weiteren Sinne, der Spruch, a) = der Ausspruch, proverbia laudis, löbliche Sprüche, Vulg. Sirach 6, 35. – b) das Gleichnis, Rätsel, Vulg. Sirach 39, 3. Iob 10, 6 u. 16, 25. – ➳ Falsch prŏv. gemessen bei Alcim. Avit. poëm. 6, 387.

proverbium [CL] 1 proverbial statement or saying, proverb; b (in ~ium, in quot. w. efferi, poni, or esse) to be or become the subject of a proverb, to be or become proverbial. unde ~ium dicitur ‥ [gl.: s. antiquum] Aldh. VirgP 58; tanta ‥ eo tempore pax ‥ fuisse perhibetur ut, sicut usque hodie in ~io dicitur, etiam si mulier una cum recens nato parvulo vellet totam perambulare insulam a mari ad mare, nullo se ledente valeret Bede HE II 16 p. 118; 801 sicut in illo Platonico legitur ~io dicente felicia esse regna, si philosophi, id est amatores sapientiae regnarent Alcuin Ep. 229; Henricus, junior filius Willelmi Magni, ‥ patre quoque audiente jactitare ~ium solitus ‘rex illiteratus asinus coronatus’ W. Malm. GR V 390; ‘cras in ollam candidi dimittentur lapilli’: urbanum ‥ ~ium quod in prosperis agendorum dicitur successibus V. Chris. Marky. 63; ab hujusmodi casibus forte dictum est militare ~ium: ‘vadis quo vis, morieris ubi debes’ Map NC II 19 f. 30v; juxta ~ium, quod qui nimium festinat, sepe nimis sero veniet domum Ripley 103. b ita ut in ~ium et derisum longe lateque efferretur quod Britanni nec in bello fortes sint nec in pace fideles Gildas EB 6; jam in exemplum apud Lincolniam positi sumus et ~ium Gir. SD 18; c1298 eris [Waleys] in proverbium quod non preteribit (Dunbar 221) Pol. Songs 177. 2 (in pl.): a (bibl., w. or without Salomonis) Book of Proverbs (commonly attrib. to Solomon). b (w. ref. to the Distichs of (Pseudo-) Cato). a in ~iis [gl.: sc. Salomonis] mulier illa procax et pertinax sinagogae tipum obumbrans Aldh. VirgP 57 (cf. Prov. vii 10–23); in ~ia Salomonis libros iij Bede HE V 24 p. 358; c750 nobis predicantibus habile et manuale et utillimum esse videtur, super lectionarium anniversarium et ~ia Salomonis Bonif. Ep. 91 p. 207; juxta illud Salomonis ~iorum xxiiij Ockham Dial. 803; profundissime sophie fodine, ad quas sapiens filium suum mittit ‥, ~iorum secundo R. Bury Phil. 1. 28; c1396 secunda pars Biblie, in qua ‥ liber ~iorum, Ecclesiastes (Catal. librorum) Meaux III lxxxiv. b quamvis michi presto non insint carmina Maronis, poemata Nasonis, nec ~ia Catonis J. Waldeby Ave 82. 3 parable, metaphor. hoc somnium vere futurum vaticinium dominus meus ‥ mihi ‥ retulit sic, et etiam aulici nomen indicavit. pro quo aulico exire potest in ~ium H. Bos. LM 1321B; apostolus ista metaphorice ‥, quo non palam sed sub similitudinis quadam umbra, ostendit ‥ . quid ‥ inde, nullum ~ium dicens, apostolus sensit manifeste petimus ut revelet Fortescue NLN II 57. 4 common or commonplace phrase, byword (in quot. w. ref. to rebuke or reproach). cum etiam ‥ paganis pagani quasi ridiculosum subsannantis gannaturae opprobrium legantur improperasse hoc modo cum infami ~iorum [gl.: biwurde] elogio cachinnantes ac cavillantes Aldh. VirgP 56. 5 (rhet.) premise. ‘qui scit, docere debet, ego scio. hac causa doceo.’ in hac serie premittitur hoc ~ium ‘qui scit, docere debet’ ‥ . sequitur narratio ‥ ‘ego scio’. tertia et ultima conclusio est ‥ vhac causa doceo’ Vinsauf AV II 2 p. 283. 6 something spoken beforehand or in advance, prediction. s1172 alludens illi fictitio vulgari nec vero Merlini ~io, quo dici solebat ‥ Gir. EH I 38; nosse nunc ergo pro certo potestis et manifeste perpendere vera fuisse ~ia de vobis ab ineunte etate dicta et quasi vaticinia nostra ‥ nimia veritate subnixa Id. SD 24.

prōverbĭum, (11) ĭī, n. (pro et verbum), proverbe, dicton : Cic. Off. 1, 33 ; 3, 77 ; in proverbii consuetudinem venire Off. 2, 55 ; in proverbium venire Liv. 40, 46, 12, passer à lʼétat de proverbe ; quod est Græcis hominibus in proverbio Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 53 ; ut in proverbio est Cic. Or. 235, ce qui est passé en proverbe chez les Grecs, comme dit le proverbe, cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 11 ; quod proverbii loco dici solet Cic. Phil. 13, 27, ce quʼon a coutume de dire proverbialement ; proverbii locum obtinere Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, être passé en proverbe ; pares vetere proverbio cum paribus congregantur Cic. CM 7, qui se ressemble sʼassemble, comme dit un vieux proverbe, cf. Cic. Læl. 85 ; alicujus iniquitas in communibus proverbiis versata Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 121, lʼinjustice de qqn devenue lʼobjet de proverbes courants.

prō-verbium, ī n (verbum) spreekwoord; ➤ ut in -o est zoals het spreekwoord luidt; in -um of in consuetudinem -i venire spreekwoordelijk worden.

proverbium , ii. n. (verbum.)
俗語。諺。Tritum vetustate proverbium 古語。In — cedere vel venire in consuetudinem proverbii vel in communibus proverbiis versari vel increbescere proverbio 成俗語。Veteris proverbii admonitu 照古諺。

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prōverbium ī, n

pro+verbum, an old saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb: tritum sermone: volgatum, L.: quod est Graecis hominibus in proverbio: proverbi locum obtinere: acta agimus, quod vetamur veteri proverbio.

Proverbium

(παροιμία). A proverb. Both the Greeks and Romans were fond of short, pithy sayings, embodying the accumulated experience of mankind, and they abound in the pages of the classic writers. Mere academic and philosophic sayings were styled γνῶμαι (sententiae), and writers in whom they abound are called “gnomic.” (See epos.) The maxims of the Seven Sages were famous throughout Greece (see Seven Sages), and among the Romans writers like Cato the Elder, Iulius Caesar, Tiro , and Suetonius made collections of apothegms. The mimes of Publilius Syrus were full of maxims, hundreds of which are still preserved. (See Publilius Syrus.) For the literature of the subject, see Duplessis, Bibliographiē Parémiologique (Paris, 1847); Rheinsberg-Düringsfeld, Sprichwörter der Germanischen und Romanischen Sprachen (1872-75), which is the ablest work on proverbs that has ever been written; and for convenient reference, the Dictionary of Classical Quotations in the Bohn Library (London, 1874).

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