circumlocutio

Latin > English

circumlocutio circumlocutionis N F :: circumlocution, periphrasis

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.