aphorism
A concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledgeA concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledge; an axiom, a precept.
» Nietzsche often selected aphorisms to express his thoughts.
Ницше часто выбирал афоризмы в качестве выражения своих мыслей. — alik_farber
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3 sensesA concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledge; an axiom, a precept.
A concise or pithy, and memorable, expression of a general truth; a maxim, a saying.
Aphorismus
афори́змaforízm
афори́змaforýzm
a short pithy instructive saying
(obsolete, rare)The essence or heart of something.
Examples
4 sentencesNietzsche often selected aphorisms to express his thoughts.
ruНицше часто выбирал афоризмы в качестве выражения своих мыслей. — alik_farber
"Time is money" is very true as an aphorism.
Aphorisms are coagulations of the naked truth.
ruАфоризмы - это сгустки голой истины. — Abeotat1948
Witty aphorisms attract our attention.
ruОстроумные афоризмы привлекают наше внимание. — BW
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Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English amphorisme, from Middle French aphorisme, affThe noun is derived from Late Middle English amphorisme, from Middle French aphorisme, afforisme (modern French aphorisme), from Medieval Latin aphorismus, aforismus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓φορῐσμός (ăphorĭsmós, “limitation; distinction, separation; definition; aphorism”), from ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, “to mark off a boundary; to define, determine; to distinguish, separate; etc.”) + -μός (-mós, suffix forming abstract nouns). Ἀφορίζω (Aphorízō) is from ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-, prefix meaning ‘away; from; off’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; off”)) + ὁρίζω (horízō, “to delimit; to define; to determine; to divide, separate; etc.”) (from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary, limit; definition, term; etc.”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werw- (“to draw; to mark out”)) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “suffix forming similative verbs”)).
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