logion

Meaning

Noun

• A traditional saying of a religious leader.
• A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context.

Related

Similar words

• agrapha

Origin

• From Ancient Greek λόγιον ("oracle"), from λόγος (from λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ("to gather")) + -ιον.