περίλεξις
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, circumlocution, Ar.Nu.318.
German (Pape)
[Seite 582] ἡ, Umredung, wie περίφρασις, Schwatzhaftigkeit, Redseligkeit, Ar. Nub. 317.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
circonlocution, langage verbeux.
Étymologie: περιλέγω.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
περίλεξις -εως, ἡ [περί, λέγω] omschrijving.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
περίλεξις: εως ἡ многословие, болтливость Arph.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
περίλεξις: ἡ, περίφρασις, πολυλογία, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 318.
Greek Monolingual
-έξεως, ἡ, Α περιλέγω
περιττολογία.
Greek Monotonic
περίλεξις: ἡ, περίφραση, σε Αριστοφ.
Middle Liddell
περί-λεξις, εως,
circumlocution, Ar.
Translations
Bulgarian: увъртане, заобикалки; Finnish: kiertely, jaarittelu, pyörittely; French: périphrase, circonlocution; German: Umschweife; Greek: περίφραση, πολυλογία; Hungarian: köntörfalazás, kertelés; Italian: giro di parole, perifrasi; Persian: اطناب, درازگویی; Portuguese: circunlocução, circunlóquio; Spanish: circunlocución, rodeos, ambages, circunloquios; Swedish: omsvep; Vietnamese: giải ngữ, ngữ giải thích
