circumlocution
From LSJ
Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
V. περιπλοκαί λόγων, αἱ (Eur., Phoenissae 494), Ar. περίλεξις, ἡ.
long-windedness: P. μακρολογία, ἡ.
