circumlocution
From LSJ
κακῶν ἀπέστω θάνατος, ὡς ἴδῃ κακά → of all evils let only death be absent, so he may see evils
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
V. περιπλοκαί λόγων, αἱ (Eur., Phoen. 494), Ar. περίλεξις, ἡ.
Long-windedness: P. μακρολογία, ἡ.