periphrasis

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

pĕriphrăsis, is, f., = περίφρασις,

a circumlocution , periphrase (post-Aug.), Suet. Gram. 4; Quint. 8, 3, 53; Gell. 3, 1, 6 (pure Lat.: circuitus eloquendi, ambitus verborum, circumlocutio).

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