circumlocutio
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
circumlocūtio, ōnis, f. (circumloquor) = περίφρασις (s. Isid. 1, 36, 15), die Umschreibung, Quint. 8, 6, 61. Gell. 3, 1, 5. Apul. apol. 33. Prisc. 18, 74. Auct. carm. de fig. 18 (wo Tmesis circum illa locutio): Plur., Arnob. 6, 27.
