diverb

noun2

1. •
   (no longer used) A proverb or set phrase.

   • By this means you many define ex ungue leonem, as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of Hercules […] — 1624
2. •
   (rhetoric, no longer used) An antithesis.

   • Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes. — 1624