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Definition of Gnomic
1. Adjective. Relating to or containing gnomes. "Gnomic verse"
Definition of Gnomic
1. a. Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.
Definition of Gnomic
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to gnomes. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a saying or aphorism) Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gnomic
1. resembling or containing aphorisms [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnomic
Literary usage of Gnomic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb by William Watson Goodwin (1882)
"The gnomic Aorist is, however, commonly distinguished from the Present, either
by being ... An Aorist resembling the gnomic Aorist is very common in Homer, ..."
2. The Methodist Review (1884)
"VIIL—THE gnomic AORIST IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. THE best known and most elaborate
New Testament grammar* now extant denies the existence of this form of Greek ..."
3. A Greek Grammar by William Watson Goodwin (1896)
"This is called the gnomic aorist, and is generally translated by the English
present. ... N. An aorist resembling the gnomic is found in Homeric similes; ..."
4. Lectures on Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Taking of by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Marcus von Niebuhr (1852)
"Tlie elegiac form is peculiar to this gnomic poetry, which properly speaking
commences with Solon. It was about this time that the great lyric poets first ..."
5. The Dark Ages by William Paton Ker (1904)
"There is much good phrasing in the Anglo-Saxon gnomic Verses, which it is
interesting to compare with the Northern ..."
6. Old English Poetry by John Duncan Ernst Spaeth (1921)
"gnomic VERSES (From the Cotton MS.) 10 The king shall rule his kingdom; castles
are seen from afar, (z) Reared by giants, they rise in the land, ..."
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