Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
ugly: P. and V. δυσειδής (Sophocles, Fragment, and Plato), αἰσχρός (Plato), V. δύσμορφος.
horrible: P. and V. δεινός, V. δύσχιμος, δυσθέατος.