circumlocutio
From LSJ
κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
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.
Latin > English
circumlocutio circumlocutionis N F :: circumlocution, periphrasis
