argumentum ad verecundiam

== English == === Etymology === From Latin. === Noun === argumentum ad verecundiam (plural argumenta ad verecundiam) (rhetoric) An argument from authority, or an appeal to authority. ==== Translations ==== === See also === ipse dixit == Latin == === Noun === argūmentum ad verēcundiam n (genitive argūmentī ad verēcundiam); second declension An argument from authority, or an appeal to authority. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter) with an indeclinable portion. === See also === ipse dixit