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paraphrasis
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English
Etymology
From Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Compare periphrasis.
Pronunciation
Noun
paraphrasis (uncountable)
- The practice of paraphrasing.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paˈra.pʰra.sɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [paˈraː.fra.s̬is]
Noun
paraphrasis f (genitive paraphrasis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).
References
- “paraphrasis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “paraphrasis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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