circumlocutio
From LSJ
ποντίων τε κυμάτων άνήριθμον γέλασμα, παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ (Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound l. 90) → O infinite laughter of the waves of ocean, O universal mother Earth
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
circumlŏcūtĭo: ōnis, f. circumloquor,
I circumlocution, periphrasis, = περίφρασις, * Quint. 8, 6, 61; Gell. 3, 1, 5; Arn. 6, p. 210.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
circumlŏcūtĭō, ōnis, f., circonlocution, périphrase : circumlocutio poetica Gell. 3, 1, 5, périphrase poétique || circumlŏquĭum *Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 15.
