The corpus record — Latin

adagium

adagium · n

a proverb

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Where it lives

Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

ădăgĭum — Lewis & Short

ădăgĭum, i, n.prob. ad and aio, but acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 12 Müll., ad agendum apta, applicable to life, suitable for use,

I a proverb, an adage: vetus adagium est, Nihil cum fidibus graculo, Gell. 1, praef.

In the wild

adagium Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.8.4
adagium Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae pr.1.19

Where it came from

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