Meanings
- 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.’
1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section ISynonyms: verbum sapienti, verbum sapienti sat est, verbum sat est, verbum sat sapienti, verbum sat sapienti est
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to bring something to a conclusion, implying that further comment is unadvisable or unneeded.
Origin
- Latinverbum“a word is enough (to a wise man)”
- Englishverbum sat
A shortening of Latin verbum (sapienti) sat est (“a word is enough (to a wise man)”). Compare verbum sapienti.
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