apophthegm

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A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim

Which means roughly that business keeps one safe from love—ominous talk when one’s lover is a courtesan. I hoped that it was just another literary conceit I ought to know. (It is, I later learned, an apothegm by Ovid.).

{n} a remarkable sagin, a maxim
a short pithy instructive saying
{i} apothegm, concise saying; concise saying which expresses a general truth; (Atasözü)
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim
alternative spelling of apothegm
Apothegm
a short pithy instructive saying
apothegm
A short witty instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim
apothegm
{i} concise saying; concise saying which expresses a general truth; (Atasözü)
apothegm
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim
apophthegm

    Silbentrennung

    ap·o·phthegm

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    Etymologie

    () First attested 1553, from Ancient Greek ἀπόφθεγμα (apophthegma) from ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthengomai, “I plainly speak my mind”) from ἀπό (apo, “from”) + φθέγγομαι (phthengomai, “I speak loudly”).
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