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periphrasis

Dictionary entries

  • periphrasis, periphrasis:

    Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Very Rare
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short
    Age:
    Late
    Field:
    Literature

    = circumlocution; periphrase;

    Entry →
    acc. pl.
    gen. sg.
    nom. pl.
    nom. sg.
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • A

    Liber III

    Aulus Gellius

    "...noster Probus, ut Sallustium, vel subtilissimum brevitatis artificem, periphrasis poetarum facere diceret." Erat tum nobiscum in eodem ambulacro..."
  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...quibus usuri fuimus si illud non fingeremus. VI. Periphrasis, etiam si frequenter et id ipsum in cuius locum..."
  • M

    Liber VIII

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...retro domum, unde venerant, abierunt". Sed huic vicina periphrasis virtus habetur. Est et pleonasmos vitium, cum supervacuis verbis..."

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