νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους → for I consider false words to be the foulest sickness
P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, παροιμία, ἡ, φήμη, ἡ, V. αἶνος, ὁ; see saying.
according to the adage: P. τὸ λεγόμενον.