Sententia

Sententiae, the nominative plural of the Latin word sententia, are brief moral sayings, such as proverbs, adages, aphorisms, maxims, or apophthegms taken from ancient or popular or other sources, often quoted without context. Sententia, the nominative singular, also called a "sentence", is a kind of rhetorical proof. Through the invocation of a proverb, quotation, or witty turn of phrase during a presentation or conversation one may be able to gain the assent of the listener, who will hear a kind of non-logical, but agreed-upon truth in what one is saying. An example of this is the phrase "age is better with wine"[1] playing off of the adage "wine is better with age".[citation needed] The same saying is present in Luke 5,39.[2]

  1. ^ Schneider, Elizabeth (November 5, 2019). Wine for Normal People: A Guide for Real People Who Like Wine, but Not the Snobbery That Goes with It. Chronicle Books. p. 111. ISBN 9781452171418. OCLC 1119627959.
  2. ^ Trapp, John (March 9, 2020). A Commentary or Exposition upon all the Books of the New Testament. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 387. ISBN 9781725269965. OCLC 1145561623. Retrieved July 11, 2021 – via onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. {{cite book}}: External link in |via= (help)