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Definitiones

1. word
   declension-2, neuter
2. the Word (epithet of Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity)
   Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-2, neuter, singular
3. proverb, saying
   declension-2, neuter
4. verb
   declension-2, neuter
5. language, discourse, expressions
   declension-2, in-plural, neuter
6. (mere) words, (empty) words, (figuratively) falsehoods, deceptions, lies
   declension-2, in-plural, neuter

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Rēs, nōn verba.”

actions speak louder than words

“verba movent īram nōn circumspectā deōrum:”

Words, without having been considered, excite the anger of the gods: “There is no wild beast,” [Orion] said, “such as I am unable to defeat!” (See: Orion (mythology).)

“In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum.”

In principle was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God.

“verba dō”

to trick, deceive

“DĀVUS: Sed sī quid tibi nārrāre occēpī, continuō darī / tibi verba cēnsēs.”

DAVUS: But if I’ve begun to tell you anything, you immediately think that lies are being given to you. (In other words, idiomatically, “you think you’re being lied to or somehow deceived”.)

Gradus CEFR