gnomic

• adj.アフォリズムを含む; pithy

PIE*gnoの「知る」「理解する」「知識」から。語源的にはknow, can, cognizanceと同じ。

gnomic (adj.)

"full of instructive sayings," 1784, from French gnomique (18c.) and directly from Late Latin gnomicus "concerned with maxims, didactic," from Greek gnomikos, from gnome "a means of knowing, a mark, token; the mind (as the organ of knowing), thought, judgment, intelligence; (one's) mind, will, purpose; a judgment, opinion; maxim, the opinion of wise men," from root of gignoskein "to come to know" (see gnostic (adj.)). Gnomical is attested from 1610s.

1. John Maynard Keynes used somewhat gnomic utterances in his General Theory.

ジョン?メナード?ケインズはその『通論』に多くの鋭い言葉を使った。