περίφρασις

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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

Sophocles, Antigone, 559-60
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Full diacritics: περίφρᾰσις Medium diacritics: περίφρασις Low diacritics: περίφρασις Capitals: ΠΕΡΙΦΡΑΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: períphrasis Transliteration B: periphrasis Transliteration C: perifrasis Beta Code: peri/frasis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A circumlocution, periphrasis, D.H.Pomp.2.5, Th.29, Plu.2.406f (pl.).

German (Pape)

[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.