sententious (adj.)
- abbreviated
- abridged
- admonitory
- advisory
- affected
- allegorical
- aphoristic
- associational
- axiomatic
- brief
- brusque
- cautionary
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendious
- compressed
- concise
- connotational
- connotative
- consultative
- consultatory
- contracted
- convoluted
- crisp
- curt
- cut
- declamatory
- definable
- denotative
- didactic
- directive
- elevated
- elliptic
- eloquent
- epigrammatic
- exhortative
- exhortatory
- expressive
- extended
- extensional
- figurative
- flamboyant
- flaming
- flashy
- formulaic
- fulsome
- garish
- gaudy
- gnomic
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high-flown
- high-sounding
- highfalutin
- hortative
- hortatory
- indicative
- instructive
- intelligible
- intensional
- interpretable
- labyrinthine
- laconic
- lofty
- lurid
- magniloquent
- meaning
- meaningful
- meaty
- meretricious
- metaphorical
- monitory
- moralistic
- orotund
- ostentatious
- overdone
- overwrought
- pedantic
- piquant
- pithy
- platitudinous
- pointed
- pompous
- preachy
- pregnant
- pretentious
- proverbial
- pungent
- readable
- referential
- reserved
- rhetorical
- rich
- sensational
- sensationalistic
- short
- shortened
- showy
- significant
- significative
- sonorous
- stilted
- substantial
- succinct
- suggestive
- summary
- symbolic
- taciturn
- tall
- terse
- tight
- tortuous
- truncated
- warning
Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.
