vox populi, vox bovi

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German

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Etymology

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Pseudo-Latinism, literally "the voice of the people [is] the voice of a cow", with a humorously rhyming but grammatically incorrect genitive bovi instead of bovis.

Proverb

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vox populi, vox bovi

  1. (Dog Latin, rare (at least in writing)) the voice of the people is worth nothing

See also

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