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Collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled by Erasmus of Rotterdam
Adagia (singular adagium) is the title of an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled during the Renaissance by Dutch humanist Desiderius
Adagia
Italian-English scholar (c. 1470–1555)
often known as the Adagia, was a collection of Latin proverbs. It was the first such collection printed, preceding the similar Adagia of Erasmus by two
Polydore_Vergil
Figure of speech
(proverbs) of the day. The first noted published collection of aphorisms is Adagia by Erasmus. Other important early aphorists were Baltasar Gracián, François
Aphorism
Latin word
record, in a hand of the reign of Henry VI (1422–1461). The word appears in Adagia, an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled by Dutch
Honorificabilitudinitatibus
Idiom deriving from Greek mythology, "to choose the lesser of two evils"
two hazards eventually entered proverbial use. Erasmus recorded it in his Adagia (1515) under the Latin form of evitata Charybdi in Scyllam incidi (having
Between_Scylla_and_Charybdis
Latin phrase about speaking truth while drunk
Greek: Ἐν οἴνῳ ἀλήθεια, romanized: En oinō alētheia, is found in Erasmus' Adagia, I.vii.17. Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia contains an early allusion
In_vino_veritas
Heraldic motto". www.heraldry-wiki.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03. "Erasmus Adagia". www.let.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 2025-12-13. Ernst Ludwig von Leutsch
List_of_Latin_phrases_(P)
French businessman
partner of Adagia Partners, a European MidCap Private Equity firm which he co-founded with Nicolas Holzman and Sylvain Berger-Duquene. Adagia focuses on
Charles-Édouard_Bouée
grandmother to suck eggs". Erasmus attributed the origins of the phrase in his Adagia to Diogenianus. A corollary idiomatic phrase is part of common usage in
Teach_fish_how_to_swim
Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Flemish books of hours. A number of collections were published, including Adagia, by the Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus. The French writer François Rabelais
Netherlandish_Proverbs
worldwide. Three months after announcing its intention to acquire the company, Adagia Partners completed the purchase of Schwind eye-tech-solutions in February
Schwind_eye_tech_solutions
Aesop's fable
Fable, Leiden NL 2003, p. 168 Archived online III.10 archived online Adagia 4.1.79 Adagia 1.1.58 Glasgow University site Available online The 1579 Frankfurt
The_Crow_and_the_Snake
Latin proverb
the proverb was not invented but made popular 500 years later by Erasmus' Adagia, first published in England around 1500. Erasmus gave the saying in both
A rolling stone gathers no moss
A_rolling_stone_gathers_no_moss
Heraldic motto". www.heraldry-wiki.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03. "Erasmus Adagia". www.let.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 2025-12-13. Ernst Ludwig von Leutsch
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
French author and philosopher (1533–1592)
time. Many of Montaigne's Latin quotations come from Erasmus' collection Adagia, and notably all of his quotations from Socrates. Plutarch may be Montaigne's
Michel_de_Montaigne
Greek mythological artefact
context in which the story appeared was Erasmus' collection of proverbs, the Adagia (1508), in illustration of the Latin saying Malo accepto stultus sapit ("from
Pandora's_box
English idiom meaning "to die"
that is said to kick over the pail after being milked (920 in Erasmus' Adagia). Thus a promising beginning is followed by a bad ending or, as Andrea Alciato
Kick_the_bucket
Dutch philosopher and theologian (c. 1466–1536)
Erasmus returned first to poverty in Paris, where he started to compile the Adagia for his students, then to Orléans to escape the plague, and then to semi-monastic
Erasmus
Idiom and metaphor in the form of a parallel phrase
non-expert—any more than the blind can lead the blind." The phrase appears in Adagia, an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs compiled during the
The_blind_leading_the_blind
Ancient Roman festival of the dead
Mense Maio malae nubunt, in his Fasti 6.219-234, cited by Erasmus in his Adagia, 1.4.9; in English roughly "they marry badly who marry in May". According
Lemuria_(festival)
Obscene raising of the middle finger
someone's face. The usage is later explained in the Suda and included in the Adagia of Erasmus. The verb "to play the Siphnian" appears in a fragment of Aristophanes
The_finger
Latin proverb
object of reverence in the eyes of man". Erasmus included the proverb in his Adagia, writing of the variation by Plautus, "Here we are warned not to trust ourselves
Homo_homini_lupus
1953 book by Isaiah Berlin
fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing"). In Erasmus's Adagia from 1500, the expression is recorded as Multa novit vulpes, verum echinus
The_Hedgehog_and_the_Fox
Historical ethnic group
collection and detailed treatment of these were done by Erasmus in his Adagia. There are also several works of visual arts depicting Lydians or using
Lydians
Greek mythological figure
The song took this name from its first line, "Son of Telamon". Erasmus. Adagia. 3, 4, 10: "Canere de Telamone". ... the Telamon would have been a plaintive
Telamon
2014 studio album by Pat Metheny Unity Group
No. Title Length 1. "On Day One" 15:16 2. "Rise Up" 11:57 3. "Adagia" 2:14 4. "Sign of the Season" 10:14 5. "KIN (←→)" 11:06 6. "Born" 7:51 7. "Genealogy"
Kin_(Pat_Metheny_album)
Object in classical mythology
ISBN 978-0-521-28172-0. Gargantua and Pantagruel Book 5, Chapter 8. Erasmus, Adagia 2.10.74 (Orci galea). Francis Bacon Essays Civil and Moral 21, "Of Delays"
Cap_of_invisibility
Swiss printer, publisher, and humanist (died 1527)
Amerbach had died. In 1513, he carefully published a copy of Erasmus’s Adagia, with a cover designed by Urs Graf depicting the gods Nemesis and Caerus
Johann_Froben
Idiom
Latin proverb that Erasmus recorded in his collection of such phrases, the Adagia, European variations on which persist. The mountain and molehill seem to
Make a mountain out of a molehill
Make_a_mountain_out_of_a_molehill
Classical adage
Erasmus (whose books were published by Manutius) featured the phrase in his Adagia and used it to compliment his printer: "Aldus, making haste slowly, has
Festina_lente
Flemish philologist and Jesuit priest
Hispania illustrata 1604 Annotationum Spicilegium Adagia sive Proverbia Graecorum Antwerp, 1612 Adagia sacra Novi Testamenti 1612 Observationum Humanarum
Andreas_Schott
One of Aesop's Fables
breast) and in Erasmus' 16th century collection of proverbial phrases, the Adagia, as Colubrum in sinu fovere (to nourish a serpent in one's bosom). The usual
The_Farmer_and_the_Viper
Erasmus found early publishing success with his collections of sayings the Adagia (Adages) and the Apophthegmata. With the collaboration of Publio Fausto
Works_of_Erasmus
Method of knowledge compiling
including examples of well-written Latin that formed the basis of his Adagia. In De Copia his Method of Collecting Examples (Ratio collegendi exampla)
Commonplace_book
God in Greek mythology
"Hades." Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel Book 5, Chapter 8. Erasmus, Adagia 2.10.74 (Orci galea). Francis Bacon, Essays Civil and Moral 21, "Of Delays
Pluto_(god)
precipice in front, wolves behind Being in a dilemma. From Plautus, listed in Adagia by Erasmus. See also: "between a rock and a hard place", "between the devil
List_of_Latin_phrases_(A)
Monologue in Rostand's play "Cyrano de Bergerac"
as experts on "noseology". Ultimately, invoking an adage from Erasmus's Adagia, he concludes that Petneházi also states that the Erasmus' dialogue uses
Tirade_of_the_nose
of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Quote of Desiderius Erasmus from Adagia (first published 1500, with numerous expanded editions through 1536), III
List_of_Latin_phrases_(I)
oppedere to belch before the deaf From Erasmus' collection of annotated Adagia (1508): a useless action. surgam I shall rise Motto of Columbia University's
List_of_Latin_phrases_(S)
Gerhards' (1466–1536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Latin translation of a classical Greek proverb. Generally means
List_of_Latin_phrases_(U)
2016 live album by Pat Metheny
Disc one: No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Adagia" 2:09 2. "Sign of the Season" 10:43 3. "This Belongs to You" 5:40 4. "Roofdogs" 7:50 5. "Cherokee"
The_Unity_Sessions
English proverb
verse by Lycophron (3rd century BC).[citation needed] Erasmus noted in his Adagia that the Greek and Latin versions of the proverb had been recorded by the
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
There's_many_a_slip_'twixt_the_cup_and_the_lip
Guiding principle for a moral dilemma
frying pan into the fire. Erasmus recorded it as an ancient proverb in his Adagia, although the earliest known instance is in the Alexandreis, a 12th-century
Lesser_of_two_evils_principle
Traditional saying that reveals a thought truth
Latin scholar (1466–1536), whose collection of Latin proverbs, known as Adagia, spread Latin proverbs across Europe. Juan de Mal Lara was a 16th century
Proverb
Word appearing only once in a text or record
is a hapax legomenon of Shakespeare's works, coming from Erasmus' Adagia Indexy, in Bram Stoker's Dracula, used as an adjective to describe a situational
Hapax_legomenon
1531 German book of emblems
highest citadels, that is, were I not oppressed by an inopportune poverty". Adagia Greek Anthology Ship of Fools (satire) Alciati, Andrea (2004). Moffitt,
Emblemata
1st century BC Syrian-born Latin writer
Modern Language Notes. 40 (3): 186–188. doi:10.2307/2914181. JSTOR 2914181. Adagia, Erasmus, at Bibliotheca Augustana. Jerónimo Martín Caro y Cejudo, Refranes
Publilius_Syrus
(pour) oil on the fire from Erasmus' (1466–1536) collection of annotated Adagia omne ignotum pro magnifico every unknown thing [is taken] for great or "everything
List_of_Latin_phrases_(O)
Dutch academic and writer (1511–1575)
of Junius' supplement of 850 proverbs to Erasmus' famous and much used Adagia. All these works show a preference for the juxtaposition of fragments from
Hadrianus_Junius
Gerhards' (1466–1536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Criticising one who will not be affected in any way by the criticism
List_of_Latin_phrases_(M)
Valencian Catholic writer
apologetics directed against Islam. (tr.) Erasmus, Silenos de Alcibíades (Adagia), Valencia: Jorge Costilla, 1528 Libro llamado Antialcorano: que quiere
Bernardo_Pérez_de_Chinchón
Poem by Wallace Stevens
rhythm. The poem surely adds a wry layer of meaning to Stevens' epigram in Adagia, "The poet makes silk dresses out of worms." Buttel, p. 188. An excerpt
The_Worms_at_Heaven's_Gate
Book by Wallace Stevens
is saying it well". This 'Wilson effect' is no doubt linked to Stevens' Adagia aphorism, "Poetry must resist the intelligence almost successfully". "Colloquy
Harmonium_(poetry_collection)
disumptae, and a second similar text, existing only in manuscript, was titled: Adagia illirycae linguae fabulis explicata. An unpublished collection of his own
Đuro_Ferić
Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
with classical literature as with the Bible. Erasmus had published his Adagia two years before Bruegel's painting, and it contained the quotation "Caecus
The_Parable_of_the_Blind
Constituent college of Durham University
the cathedral treasury. The motto, gratia gratiam parit, appears in the Adagia of Erasmus, a collection of Greek and Latin adages, and can be loosely translated
St_Cuthbert's_Society,_Durham
Dutch cultural institution
of the Commune Creed (1533) Ecclesiastes of Erasmus (1535) Translations Adagia (1500) Textus Receptus (1516) Apophthegmatum opus (1539) Related topics
Praemium Erasmianum Foundation
Praemium_Erasmianum_Foundation
quiescence was its desire for more dates – or figs in other versions. In his Adagia, Erasmus glosses the expression Siculus mare (Σικελὸς θάλασσαν) as deriving
The_Shepherd_and_the_Sea
anon. Lond. 1794. The extracts were from the Dulce bellum inexpertis, Adagia and Querela Pacis of Desiderius Erasmus. Knox wrote a lengthy introduction
Vicesimus_Knox
Aphorism about divine retribution
molae 'slowly grind the mills of the gods' due to Erasmus of Rotterdam (Adagia, 1500), but also in German. An Italian variation of 1666 reads Il molin
Mills_of_God
"The Boastful Athlete" in Aesop's Fables as formulated by Erasmus in his Adagia. An athlete brags about his impressive jump at a past event in Rhodes, whereupon
List_of_Latin_phrases_(H)
Aesop's fable
proverbial and was noticed as connected with the fable by Erasmus in his Adagia. The earliest English version of such a proverb, emerging in the 16th century
Zeus_and_the_Tortoise
Ancient fable
many little things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing). In Erasmus' Adagia from 1500, the expression is recorded as Multa novit vulpes, verum echinus
The_Fox_and_the_Cat_(fable)
Academy in Garston, Hertfordshire, England
the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010. Erasmus (1700). Adagia (Leiden ed.). p. 4.6.81. "Parmiter's School – Absence and Pupil Population"
Parmiter's_School
Poem by Wallace Stevens
Stevens". www.randomhouse.com. Kermode, p. 905 Kermode, Adagia, p. 910 Kermode, p. 903 Kermode, Adagia, p. 903 Kermode, Adagaia, p. 904. Kermode, Frank and
The_Place_of_the_Solitaires
Graecorum. Vol. 2. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck et Ruprecht. p. 466. "Erasmus Adagia (3197 - 4.2.97)". www.let.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 2025-12-13. "De Vita
List of Classical Greek phrases
List_of_Classical_Greek_phrases
Fable
The proverb dates from Classical times, being noted by Erasmus in his Adagia as originating in Plutarch's "Life of Cato". The same point of view underlies
The_Hawk_and_the_Nightingale
English courtier (1516–1544)
name to that of his father in the dedication to the 1528 edition of the Adagia and Charles was the dedicatee of the next two editions (1533, 1536) as well
Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy
Charles_Blount,_5th_Baron_Mountjoy
Wallachian composer and musicologist (1790s-1854)
book on morals (Hristoitia), Pann integrated text from Desiderius Erasmus' Adagia. As an original element, Anton Pann used the diverse sources of his work
Anton_Pann
Play written by George Chapman
plus the Moralia of Plutarch, the Aeneid and Georgics of Virgil, and the Adagia of Erasmus. The characters in the play quote or refer to the Iliad and to
Bussy_D'Ambois
antiquitatibus loquentium ("Antiquities", forgeries) Polydore Vergil – Adagia 1499 Francesco Colonna (attrib.) – Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Pierre Desrey
15th_century_in_literature
Aesop's fable
idiomatic phrase esopus graculus (Aesop's jackdaw) that Erasmus recorded in his Adagia. But the story has also been used to satirise literary plagiarists in Classical
The_Bird_in_Borrowed_Feathers
Fable by Aesop
is recorded a century earlier. Erasmus includes its Latin version in his Adagia and the proverb is common throughout Europe. 'To be happy takes a complete
The_Young_Man_and_the_Swallow
British physician and obstetrician (1730–1816)
Human and Comparative Parturition, 1794 Proverbs chiefly taken from the Adagia of Erasmus ..., 1814 Rees's Cyclopædia (1802–1819), Vol 39. Analytical list
Robert_Bland
Greek grammarian
of rivers (περὶ ποταμῶν κατὰ στοιχεῖον ἐπίτομος ἀναγραφή) Erasmus in his Adagia (1508) attributes to Diogenianus the origins of the Latin proverb piscem
Diogenianus
Aesop's fable
malum (Bad comes of a bad neighbour), which Erasmus had included in his Adagia (Adage 32). The English poet Geoffrey Whitney followed Alciato in all this
The_Two_Pots
Proverb
was included with a broader sense in various compilations, such as the Adagia of Erasmus. The earliest German use is in a compilation from Klagenfurt
Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus
Sine_Cerere_et_Baccho_friget_Venus
15th-century Dutch humanist
personal influence over others. Erasmus admired Agricola, eulogizing him in "Adagia" and calling him "the first to bring a breath of better literature from
Rodolphus_Agricola
One of Aesop's Fables
recorded as Ex eodem ore calidum et frigidum efflare by Erasmus in his Adagia (730, 1.8.30). Its meaning was further defined by the emblem books of the
The_Satyr_and_the_Traveller
Study of the collection and writing of proverbs
Bambara, Bassa. The most famous published collection of proverbs is the Latin Adagia collected by Erasmus, mostly from ancient literature. As people from across
Paremiography
Czech composer and producer
Reflections) (1987) Sentence (Maxims) for 15 stringed instruments (1986) Tři adagia (Three Adagios) (1989) Americká předehra (American Overture) (1996) Sympohony
Jiří_Gemrot
Fable by Aesop
used proverbially of such human conceit and was recorded as such in the Adagia of Erasmus. The fable was revived in Renaissance times by Andrea Alciato
The_Ass_Carrying_an_Image
Fable by Aesop
vacuum cerebro, then became proverbial. It is recorded by Erasmus in his Adagia, along with its Greek equivalent (Ὦ οἷα κεφαλὴ, καὶ ἐγκέφαλον ούκ ἔχει)
The_Fox_and_the_Mask
Icelandic poem
terminus post quem to when the Icelanders were familiarized with Erasmus's Adagia (1500), which she says must have been the conduit through which the poet
Hrafnagaldr_Óðins
Venetian priest and humanist (1478–1553)
Lascaris, Marco Musuro and Girolamo Aleandro, he helped prepare Erasmus' Adagia for publication in Venice. In 1510, Egnazio delivered the funeral oration
Egnazio
Impact and appraisal of Dutch humanist
Christian Marriage, and one other as banned, plus particular editions of the Adagia and Paraphrase of Matthew. All other works could be read in suitable expurgated
Legacy and evaluations of Erasmus
Legacy_and_evaluations_of_Erasmus
theology, prompting significant debate between Protestants and Catholics. Adagia by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Étienne
16th_century_in_philosophy
Aesop's fable
a line of Aristophanes Lysistrata. This was recorded by Erasmus in his Adagia (1507), along with a Latin alternative, Scarabaeus aquilam quaerit (a dung
The_Eagle_and_the_Beetle
Italian theologian and writer (1594–1656)
laetitia (Verona, 1630, 12mo); Schediasmata sacro-prophana (Lyon, 1635, fol.); Adagia ex SS. Patrum ecclesiasticorumque scriptorum monumentis prompta (ibid. 1637
Luigi_Novarini
Aesop's fable
Apostolius (1.71), which was consulted by Erasmus when he was compiling his Adagia. In this book, which was written in Latin but cited Greek sources, Erasmus
Washing_the_Ethiopian_White
simplicibus (Simple book on the art of distillation) Desiderius Erasmus – Adagia (Paris) Johannes Trithemius – Steganographia (approximate year) The Wakefield
1500_in_literature
Israeli poet and editor (born 1985)
O'Connor - The Nature and Aim of Fiction (Dehak, 2021) Wallace Stevens - Adagia (Dehak, 2022) Vizan has also translated dozens of poems, essays and short
Yehuda_Vizan
Poem by Wallace Stevens
analogous to theirs in poetry. The dim view of renown poetically reinforces the Adagia dictum: "Poetry is, (and should be,) for the poet, a source of pleasure
To_the_One_of_Fictive_Music
Italian translator and scholar (1510–1568)
Lauro came into contact with the works of Erasmus of Rotterdam, including Adagia, De conscribendis epistolis, and De duplici copia verborum ac rerum. Like
Pietro_Lauro
Poem by Wallace Stevens
religious force in the world is not the church but the world itself." In Adagia he writes, "After one has abandoned a belief in god, poetry is that essence
Invective_Against_Swans
Spanish Renaissance poet, playwright, humanist, and paremiologue
wisdom embedded in ancient sayings, although this work sometimes follows the Adagia of Erasmus of Rotterdam and other similar classical writers. The other major
Juan_de_Mal_Lara
Italian jurist, Neo-Latin author, and Renaissance humanist
Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek (1995). Incunabula Gottingensia: Abteilung Adagia bis Biblia (in German). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 106. ISBN 978-3-447-03495-1
Sicco_Polenton
"Horizons," "Preface to Time of Year," "John Crowe Ransom: Tennessean," and "Adagia", Knopf (posthumous) Robert Penn Warren, Promises: Poems 1954-1956 Richard
1957_in_poetry
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