saying
saying
subs.
P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, πᾰροιμία, ἡ, φήμη, ἡ, V. αἶνος, ὁ.
Sayings, maxims: P. and V. γνῶμαι, αἱ.
As the saying is: P. τὸ λεγόμενον, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, V. ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔπος, ὡς λόγος (Eur. Phoen. 396).
Rumour: P. and V. φήμη, ἡ, λόγος, ὁ, V. βάξῐς, ἡ, κληδών, ἡ, κλέος, τό, Ar. and V. φά̆τῐς, ἡ, μῦθος, ὁ.
Word: see word.
subs.
P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, πᾰροιμία, ἡ, φήμη, ἡ, V. αἶνος, ὁ.
Sayings, maxims: P. and V. γνῶμαι, αἱ.
As the saying is: P. τὸ λεγόμενον, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, V. ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔπος, ὡς λόγος (Eur. Phoen. 396).
Rumour: P. and V. φήμη, ἡ, λόγος, ὁ, V. βάξῐς, ἡ, κληδών, ἡ, κλέος, τό, Ar. and V. φά̆τῐς, ἡ, μῦθος, ὁ.
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SAYING
dictum: effatum. ☞ This word is often implied in the use of a neuter pronoun without any substantive expressed followed by a genitive; e.g. praeclarum illud Platonis an excellent saying of Plato: an old or common saying; Vid: PROVERB.
dictum: effatum. ☞ This word is often implied in the use of a neuter pronoun without any substantive expressed followed by a genitive; e.g. praeclarum illud Platonis an excellent saying of Plato: an old or common saying; Vid: PROVERB.
saying (subs.):
1. dictum: it is a s. of Cato Catonis est d., Cic. Fl. 29, fin.: esp. a bon-mot, witticism, id. de Or. 2, 54, fin. (N.B.--This word may retain its verbal construction, being construed with an adv. instead of an adj.: e. g. shrewd s.s, acute dicta, rather than acuta dicta: cf. L. G. § 642, Obs. 1.)
2. prōverbium, verbum: v.PROVERB .
3. often not expr.: that is an honourable s. of Solon's, honestum illud Solonis, Cic. Sen. 14, 50: so, praeclarum illud, etc.: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. ille (II.). Phr.: as the s. is, ut aiunt (parenthetically introduced); also, quod aiunt, quomodo aiunt; or, simply, aiunt: Cic. de Or. 2, 57. 233 (docebo sus oratorem): id. in Pis. 28, 69 (quomodo aiunt): Ter. Andr. 4, 5, 10 (aiunt, alone).
1. dictum: it is a s. of Cato Catonis est d., Cic. Fl. 29, fin.: esp. a bon-mot, witticism, id. de Or. 2, 54, fin. (N.B.--This word may retain its verbal construction, being construed with an adv. instead of an adj.: e. g. shrewd s.s, acute dicta, rather than acuta dicta: cf. L. G. § 642, Obs. 1.)
2. prōverbium, verbum: v.
3. often not expr.: that is an honourable s. of Solon's, honestum illud Solonis, Cic. Sen. 14, 50: so, praeclarum illud, etc.: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. ille (II.). Phr.: as the s. is, ut aiunt (parenthetically introduced); also, quod aiunt, quomodo aiunt; or, simply, aiunt: Cic. de Or. 2, 57. 233 (docebo sus oratorem): id. in Pis. 28, 69 (quomodo aiunt): Ter. Andr. 4, 5, 10 (aiunt, alone).