circumlocutio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

circumlŏcūtĭo, ōnis, f. [circumloquor],

circumlocution , periphrasis , = περίφρασις, * Quint. 8, 6, 61; Gell. 3, 1, 5; Arn. 6, p. 210.