Vox et Præterea Nihil
.Echo; a threat not followed out. When the Lacedemonian plucked the nightingale, on seeing so little substance he exclaimed, “Vox tu es, et nihil præterea.” (ϕωνά τυ τις ἐσσὶ, καὶ οὐδεν ἄλλο)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.