ἀποφθεγματικός
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A dealing in apophthegms, sententious, Plu.Lyc.19, Brut.2, Demetr.Eloc.9; θορύβους ἐνθυμηματικοὺς καὶ -κούς, i.e. bare assertions, Epicur.Nat.14.9. Adv. -κῶς Eust.1870.46.
German (Pape)
[Seite 334] spruchreich, der gern in Sentenzen spricht, καὶ βραχυλόγος Plut. Lyc. 19; βραχυλογία Brut. 2.
