ἀπόφθεγμα
From LSJ
γενέται καὶ πατρὶς ἔχουσιν ὀστέα → my parents and my fatherland have my bones
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A terse pointed saying, apophthegm, of Theramenes, X.HG2.3.56; of Anaxagoras, Arist.Metaph.1009b26; of Pittacus, Id.Rh.1389a16; of the Spartans, ib.1394b34: in pl., title of work by Plu.
German (Pape)
[Seite 334] τό, Ausspruch, bes. eine witzige, sentenzenartige Antwort, Gedenkspruch, Xen. Hell. 2, 3, 24; Cic. fam. 9, 16 u. öfter; Plut., der Sammlungen von dergleichen gemacht hat.
