verba facit emortuo

Latin

Etymology

From Plautus's Poenulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.ba ˈfa.kit eːˈmor.tu.oː/, [ˈu̯ɛrbä ˈfäkɪt̪ eːˈmɔrt̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.ba ˈfa.t͡ʃit eˈmor.tu.o/, [ˈvɛrbä ˈfäːt͡ʃit̪ eˈmɔrt̪uo]

Phrase

verba facit ēmortuō

1. He or she speaks to the dead (i.e. He or she does something to no avail or in vain)

References

• “verba facit ēmortuō”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press