vox audita perit, litera scripta manet

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwoːks au̯ˈdiː.ta ˈpɛ.rɪt ˈliː.tɛ.ra ˈskriːp.ta ˈma.nɛt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔks au̯ˈdiː.ta ˈpɛː.rit ˈliː.te.ra ˈskrip.ta ˈmaː.net]

Proverb

vōx audīta perit, lītera scrīpta manet

1. A heard voice perishes, but the written letter remains.

Usage notes

• This saying is in pentameter.

See also

• res audita perit, litera scripta manet (“a thing heard perishes; the written letter remains”)
• litera scripta manet, verbum ut inane perit (“the written letter remains, as the empty word perishes”)
• littera scripta manet, volat irrevocabile verbum (“the written letter remains, the spoken word flies away, not to be recalled”)
• vox emissa volat, litera scripta manet (“while words spoken may fly away, the written letter remains”)
• verba volant, scripta manent (“the words fly away, the written letter remains”)