Verbum Hodiernum: THESAURUS

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THESAURUS Dictionary Entry

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Today's Latin word is THESAURUS, which means a "storehouse, collection," and also a "treasure." Latin thesaurus in fact is where we get the word "treasure" in English, in addition to using the word "thesaurus" in the specific sense of a storehouse of words, such as Roget's Thesaurus.

You may have also heard the English phrase a "treasure trove," which comes from the French tresor trové, which renders the Latin phrase thesaurus inventus.

Here are some Latin sayings and proverbs that use today's word:

Carbonem pro thesauro invenimus.

Ubi thesaurus, ibi oculus.

Ubi thesaurus tuus, ibi et cor.

Sapiens thesaurum in se gerit.

Thesaurus rerum omnium memoria.

Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum et custos.

Litterae thesaurus est, et artificium numquam moritur.

Ego fidem meam malo quam thesauros.

Ante oculos furum absconde thesaurum.

Qui invenit amicum, invenit thesaurum.

Cui sunt amici, esse sibi thesauros putet.

Non est thesaurus melior quam fidus amicus.

Thesaurus est mulier malorum, si mala est.

Thesauri absconditi nulla est utilitas.

Scientiae non visae, ut thesauri absconditi, nulla est utilitas.

Thesaurus regis est vinculum pacis et bellorum nervus.