τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
phrăsis: is, f., = φράσις, in rhetoric,
I diction (pure Lat. elocutio; post-Aug.): (in Albucio) non lexis magna, sed phrasis, Sen. Contr. 3 prooem.; acc. phrasin, Quint. 10, 1, 87 (id. 8, 1, 1, written as Greek).