Obs. Also 6–7 adagie. [ad. L. adagium (see ADAGE), also found unchanged, and (improperly) as adagia.] A by-form of ADAGE, frequent in 17th c.
1549. Compl. Scotl., xv. 127. Conformand til ane adagia of ane of the seuyn sapientis of rome.
1570. Ascham, Scholem., II. (Arb.), 128. All adagies, all similitudes and all wittie sayinges.
1591. Horsey, Trav. (1857), 266. This true adagium, Si Christum s[c]is, nihill est si cetera non s[c]is.
1642. Milton, Apol. for Smect. (1851), 255. Quips and snapping adagies.
1656. Jer. Taylor, Deus Justif., Ep. Ded. That wise Heathen said rarely well in his little adagie.
a. 1670. Hacket, Life of Williams, I. (1693), 17. The Greek Adagy goes, Nil sine Theseo.
