circumlocutio

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Menander, Monostichoi, 439

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

circumlŏcūtĭo: ōnis, f. circumloquor,
I circumlocution, periphrasis, = περίφρασις>, * Quint. 8, 6, 61; Gell. 3, 1, 5; Arn. 6, p. 210.