maxim
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. παροιμία, ἡ, λόγος, ὁ, V. αἶνος, ὁ; see aphorism.
maxims: P. and V. γνῶμαι, αἱ; see saying.
invent maxims, v.: Ar. γνωμοτυπεῖν.
inventing maxims, adj.: Ar. γνωποτύπος.
