gnomology (initial g silent)

[ Gr.gnōme = a maxim, and logos =a word, a discourse; Gr. legő = to collect, to speak; Fr. gnomologie.] A treatise on, or collection of, maxims or sententious reflec tions or sayings; the knowledge of or literature relating to such maxims or sayings. "Which art of powerful reclaiming, wisest men have also taught in their othical precepts and gnomologies."Milton: Tetrachord on. *gnō-mom-ě-try ( g silent), s. [Gr. gnome=a maxim, and metron a measure.] A dividing or arraying according to subject. "We can touch but lightly on the intricate question of stichometry as opposed to gnomometry."-Athenœum, July 8, 1882, p. 43.