proverb Copy link Outline 1. prōverbium2. rarely, verbum, in such a phr. as verum est verbum, it is a true p., Pl. Truc. 4, 4, 32 • proverb: 1. prōverbium: a common p., tritum sermone p., Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33: to pass into a p., in proverbii consuetudinem venire, id. Off. 2, 15, fin.; in p. venire, Liv. 40, 46, med.: so, to be a p., esse in proverbio, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, 53. 2. rarely, verbum, in such a phr. as verum est verbum, it is a true p., Pl. Truc. 4, 4, 32: Ter. Phr.: (of very common use), as the p. is, according to the p., ut aiunt, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233: Hor.: or simply, aiunt, Ter. Andr. 4, 5, 10: and less freq. quomodo aiunt, Cic. in Pis. 28, 69; and quod aiunt, Prop.