ἀποφθεγματικός
From LSJ
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
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.