Ἡ δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead
Full diacritics: περίφρᾰσις | Medium diacritics: περίφρασις | Low diacritics: περίφρασις | Capitals: ΠΕΡΙΦΡΑΣΙΣ |
Transliteration A: períphrasis | Transliteration B: periphrasis | Transliteration C: perifrasis | Beta Code: peri/frasis |
εως, ἡ,
A circumlocution, periphrasis, D.H.Pomp.2.5, Th.29, Plu.2.406f (pl.).
[Seite 599] ἡ, das Umreden, d. i. das durch einen Umschweif Ausdrücken, dah. Umschreibung, Rhett. u. Gramm.; Plut. de Pyth. orac. 24 vrbdt γλῶσσαι, περιφράσεις u. ἀσάφεια.