proverbial
proverbial
adj.
Noised abroad: P. περιβόητος, πολυθρύλητος.
adj.
Noised abroad: P. περιβόητος, πολυθρύλητος.
PROVERBIAL
proverbii loco celebratus (e.g. versus): quod proverbii locum obtinet: quod in proverbium or proverbii consuetudinem venit. Anything is proverbial aliquid proverbii loco dici solet [Vid: also “to be a common PROVERB”]. ☞ Proverbialis (only proverbialis versus in Gell.) late: to be proverbial in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis versari.
proverbii loco celebratus (e.g. versus): quod proverbii locum obtinet: quod in proverbium or proverbii consuetudinem venit. Anything is proverbial aliquid proverbii loco dici solet [Vid: also “to be a common PROVERB”]. ☞ Proverbialis (only proverbialis versus in Gell.) late: to be proverbial in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis versari.
proverbial: expr. by prōverbium: to become p. (of a saying), in proverbium increbrescere, Liv. 8, 8, med.: also, in proverbium venire, etc.: a p. saying, quod proverbii loco dici solet, Cic. Ph. 13, 12, fin. (Proverbialis, late and rare: Gell. 2, 22, med., versus p., a p. line, a line which has passed into a proverb.)