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Apophthegm
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from the Gr. 6.7r6 Oey,ua), a short and pointed utterance. The usual spelling up to Johnson's day was apothegm, which Webster and Worcester still prefer; it indicates the pronunciation - i.e. "apothem" - better than the other, which, however, is more usual in England' and follows the derivation. Such sententious remarks as "Knowledge is Power" are apophthegms. They become "proverbs" by age and acceptance. Plutarch made a famous collection in his Apophthegmata Laconica.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Apophthegm'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/apophthegm.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Apophthegm'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/apophthegm.html. 1910.
