periphrastic 的詞源

"說話的迂迴方式； 這種情況的一個例子"，來自拉丁語 periphrasis "迂迴說法"，來自希臘語 periphrasis,，源自 periphrazein "以迂迴的方式說話"，由 peri "圍繞，關於"（參見 peri-）和 phrazein "表達"（參見 phrase（名詞））。

Periphrasis is also known as circumlocution; but the term periphrasis generally refers to those cases where the figure is used with effect, while "circumlocution" refers to its faulty use. Periphrasis may be defined as naming a thing indirectly by means of some well-known attribute, or characteristic, or attendant circumstance. [James De Mille, "The Elements of Rhetoric," 1878]

婉轉曲折也被稱爲迂迴說法； 但術語婉轉曲折通常指的是那些使用這個修辭手法有所效果的情況，而"迂迴說法"則指的是其錯誤的使用。婉轉曲折可以被定義爲通過某些衆所周知的屬性、特徵或伴隨情況間接地命名一件事物。[詹姆斯·德米爾，《修辭學要素》，1878年]