περίλεξις
ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων → as different as chalk from cheese, different as chalk from cheese, apples and oranges, like apples and oranges, by as much as cardamom is different from figs
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, circumlocution, Ar.Nu.318.
German (Pape)
[Seite 582] ἡ, Umredung, wie περίφρασις, Schwatzhaftigkeit, Redseligkeit, Ar. Nub. 317.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
περίλεξις: ἡ, περίφρασις, πολυλογία, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 318.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
circonlocution, langage verbeux.
Étymologie: περιλέγω.
Greek Monolingual
-έξεως, ἡ, Α περιλέγω
περιττολογία.
Greek Monotonic
περίλεξις: ἡ, περίφραση, σε Αριστοφ.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
περίλεξις -εως, ἡ [περί, λέγω] omschrijving.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
περίλεξις: εως ἡ многословие, болтливость Arph.
Middle Liddell
περί-λεξις, εως,
circumlocution, Ar.
Translations
Bulgarian: увъртане, заобикалки; Finnish: kiertely, jaarittelu, pyörittely; French: périphrase, circonlocution; German: Umschweife; Greek: περίφραση, πολυλογία; Hungarian: köntörfalazás, kertelés; Italian: giro di parole, perifrasi; Persian: اطناب, درازگویی; Portuguese: circunlocução, circunlóquio; Spanish: circunlocución, rodeos, ambages, circunloquios; Swedish: omsvep; Vietnamese: giải ngữ, ngữ giải thích
