Monday, April 26, 2021

April 26th Latin of the Day - "Nullumst iam dictum quod non sit dictum prius."

 Nullumst iam dictum quod non sit dictum prius.

"Nothing is said now that has not been said before."

(nullumst is a fairly common contraction of nullum est - often words ending in -Vm before est become contracted to -Vmst in colloquial Latin)

~ Publius Terentius Afer, c. 195/185 - c. 159 B.C.E. (playwright commonly called "Terence" in English)