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τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life

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[[long-windedness]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μακρολογία]], ἡ.
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 26 September 2022

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substantive

V. περιπλοκαί λόγων, αἱ (Euripides, Phoenissae 494), Ar. περίλεξις, ἡ.

long-windedness: P. μακρολογία, ἡ.

Translations

Bulgarian: увъртане, заобикалки; Finnish: kiertely, jaarittelu, pyörittely; French: périphrase, circonlocution; German: Umschweife; Greek: περίφραση, πολυλογία; Hungarian: köntörfalazás, kertelés; Italian: giro di parole, perifrasi; Persian: اطناب‎, درازگویی‎; Portuguese: circunlocução, circunlóquio; Spanish: circunlocución, rodeos, ambages, circunloquios; Swedish: omsvep; Vietnamese: giải ngữ, ngữ giải thích