maxim Copy link Outline I. A received truthII. In gen. sense, a rule, precept1. praeceptum, instĭtūtum2. sententia (oft. used to denote a short pithy sentence culled from an author)3. an oft-repeated m., cantĭlēna, Cic. Att. 1, 19, 6 (ut crebro mihi vafer ille Siculus insusurret cantilenam suam) • maxim: I. A received truth: *axiōma, ătis, n. (without ancient authority, but used by modern writers as phil. t. t.): v. axiom. II. In gen. sense, a rule, precept: 1. praeceptum, instĭtūtum: esp. in pl.: the m.s of philosophy, praecepta institutaque philosophiae, Cic. Off. init. 2. sententia (oft. used to denote a short pithy sentence culled from an author): cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, extr., selectae brevesque sententiae, quas appellatis κυρίας δόξας: cf. Quint. 8, 5, 3, sententiae, quas Graeci γνώμας (maxim, apophthegm) appellant. 3. an oft-repeated m., cantĭlēna, Cic. Att. 1, 19, 6 (ut crebro mihi vafer ille Siculus insusurret cantilenam suam): cf. id. de Or. 1, 23, 105, ex scholis cantilena, thread-bare m.s from the schools.
MAXIM Copy link • MAXIMPrinciple, axiom, ratio; institutum; lex; regula: to make it a maxim with one’s self, legem aliquem sibi imponere. Opinion, position, opinio; consilium: good maxims, consilia recta, vera, honesta.