How many entries did Erasmus include in his expanded Adagia?

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Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. — Erasmus Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus.

While working with the Aldine press in Venice, Erasmus expanded his Adagia—an annotated collection of Greek and Latin adages—into a significant scholarly work that included over 3,000 entries.1