circumlocution
From LSJ
πάντες γὰρ οἱ λαβόντες μάχαιραν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀπολοῦνται → all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
V. περιπλοκαί λόγων, αἱ (Eur., Phoenissae 494), Ar. περίλεξις, ἡ.
long-windedness: P. μακρολογία, ἡ.
