saying (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dictum2. prōverbium, verbum3. often not expr. • 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--ut aiunt--oratorem): id. in Pis. 28, 69 (quomodo aiunt): Ter. Andr. 4, 5, 10 (aiunt, alone).
SAYING Copy link • SAYINGdictum: 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.