circumlocution
From LSJ
ἐν δὲ μηνὸς πρῶτον τύχεν ἆμαρ → it chanced to be on the first of the month, that day fell on the first of the month
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
V. περιπλοκαί λόγων, αἱ (Euripides, Phoenissae 494), Ar. περίλεξις, ἡ.
long-windedness: P. μακρολογία, ἡ.
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
