περίφρασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

περῐ- (perĭ-) +‎ φρᾰ́σῐς (phrắsĭs)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

περῐ́φρᾰσῐς • (perĭ́phrăsĭs) f (genitive περῐφρᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. circumlocution, periphrasis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ περῐ́φρᾰσῐς; τῆς περῐφρᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ περῐ́φρᾰσῐς
hē perĭ́phrăsĭs 		τὼ περῐφρᾰ́σει
tṑ perĭphrắsei 		αἱ περῐφρᾰ́σεις
hai perĭphrắseis
Genitive τῆς περῐφρᾰ́σεως
tês perĭphrắseōs 		τοῖν περῐφρᾰσέοιν
toîn perĭphrăséoin 		τῶν περῐφρᾰ́σεων
tôn perĭphrắseōn
Dative τῇ περῐφρᾰ́σει
tēî perĭphrắsei 		τοῖν περῐφρᾰσέοιν
toîn perĭphrăséoin 		ταῖς περῐφρᾰ́σεσῐ / περῐφρᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs perĭphrắsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν περῐ́φρᾰσῐν
tḕn perĭ́phrăsĭn 		τὼ περῐφρᾰ́σει
tṑ perĭphrắsei 		τᾱ̀ς περῐφρᾰ́σεις
tā̀s perĭphrắseis
Vocative περῐ́φρᾰσῐ
perĭ́phrăsĭ 		περῐφρᾰ́σει
perĭphrắsei 		περῐφρᾰ́σεις
perĭphrắseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: περίφραση (perífrasi)
  • → Latin: periphrasis
  • → Latin: circumlocūtiō (calque)

Further reading

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