nodum in scirpo quaerere

Latin

Etymology

Literally, “to seek a knot in a bulrush”.

Pronunciation

Phrase

nōdum in scirpō quaerere

  1. to find a difficulty where there is none;[1] to find trouble where there is none [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ “scirpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. ^ “scirpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  3. ^ Plaut. Men. 2,1,22 in T. Maccius Plautus. Plauti Comoediae. F. Leo. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895.
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