verbum sat

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Definition von verbum sat im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Used to bring something to a conclusion, implying that further comment is unadvisable or unneeded

For there one learns—'t is not for me to boast, / Though I acquired—but I pass over that, / As well as all the Greek I since have lost: / I say that there 's the place—but ‘Verbum sat.’.

Silbentrennung

verbum Sat

Etymologie

() A shortening of Latin verbum (sapienti) sat est (“a word is enough (to a wise man)”). Compare verbum sap.