English → Latin
“adage” in Latin
The English word adage itself goes back to Latin adā̆gium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adage
proverbium (the proper word): verbum (a saying): adagio and adagium art very rare, and never met with in the best prose writers. There is an old adage that; an old adage says, est vetus proverbium or verbum: vetus verbum hoc quidem est. According to the old adage, veteri proverbio. As the old adage says, ut est in proverbio; quod proverbii loco dici solet: quod aiunt; ut aiunt; ut dicitur. Vid: PROVERB.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adage?
- The usual Latin words for “adage” are prōverbium, verbum, adā̆gium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.