Chreia

(thing) by schist Sun Jan 06 2002 at 23:54:07
In rhetoric, an anecdote that illustrates or culminates in a pithy adage.

In origin, the common Greek noun chreia means "need/want", "business/matter", or "use". Its use in the sense "maxim/saying" is late. It is related to chreos, "debt".

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