circumlocution
From LSJ
ἔστι γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον κακὸν μᾶλλον αἱρετὸν τοῦ μείζονος → the lesser of two evils is more desirable than the greater
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
V. περιπλοκαί λόγων, αἱ (Eur., Phoenissae 494), Ar. περίλεξις, ἡ.
long-windedness: P. μακρολογία, ἡ.
