maxim
From LSJ
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. παροιμία, ἡ, λόγος, ὁ, V. αἶνος, ὁ; see aphorism.
maxims: P. and V. γνῶμαι, αἱ; see saying.
invent maxims, v.: Ar. γνωμοτυπεῖν.
inventing maxims, adj.: Ar. γνωποτύπος.
