apophthegm

English - Turkish

Definition of apophthegm in English Turkish dictionary

fıkra

vecize

{i} özdeyiş

{i} özlü söz

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apothegm

{i} özlü söz

apothegm

{i} özdeyiş

apothegm

{i} vecize

English - English

Definition of apophthegm in English English dictionary

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

Related Terms

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

Hyphenation

ap·o·phthegm

Etymology

() 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”).