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).
·noun ·see <<Periphrase>>. ...
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