circumloquor

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Λόγοις δ' ἐγὼ φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην → I do not care for the friend who loves in word alone

Sophocles, Antigone, 543

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

circum-lŏquor: lŏcūtus, lŏqui, v. n.,
I to make use of circumlocution or periphrasis (post-class.), Aus. Ep. 6, 7, and 146, 15.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

circumlŏquor, locūtus sum, lŏquī, intr., user de périphrases : Aug. Nupt. 2, 7, 17.

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