circumlocutio

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Δυσαμένη δὲ κάρηνα βαθυκνήμιδος ἐρίπνης / Δελφικὸν ἄντρον ἔναιε φόβῳ λυσσώδεος Ἰνοῦς (Nonnus, Dionysiaca 9.273f.) → Having descended from the top of a deep-greaved cliff, she dwelt in a cave in Delphi, because of her fear of raving/raging Ino.

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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.