περίφρασις

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Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master

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Full diacritics: περίφρᾰσις Medium diacritics: περίφρασις Low diacritics: περίφρασις Capitals: ΠΕΡΙΦΡΑΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: períphrasis Transliteration B: periphrasis Transliteration C: perifrasis Beta Code: peri/frasis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A circumlocution, periphrasis, D.H.Pomp.2.5, Th.29, Plu.2.406f (pl.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 599] ἡ, das Umreden, d. i. das durch einen Umschweif Ausdrücken, dah. Umschreibung, Rhett. u. Gramm.; Plut. de Pyth. orac. 24 vrbdt γλῶσσαι, περιφράσεις u. ἀσάφεια.