Definition of a Proverb.—Where can I find the source whence I. D'Israeli took his definition of a proverb, viz. "The wisdom of many and the wit of one?"
C. Mansfield Ingleby.
Birmingham.
Latin Riddle.—Aulus Gellius (Noctes Atticæ, lib. XII. cap. vi.) proposes the following enigma, which he terms "Per hercle antiquum, perque lepidum:"
"Semel minusne, an bis minus, non sat scio,
An utrumque eorum, ut quondam audivi dicier
Jovi ipsi regi noluit concedere."
The answer he withholds for the usual reason, "Ut legentium conjecturas in requirendo acueremus."
Is there among the readers of "N. & Q." an Œdipus who will furnish a solution?
R. Price.