paraphrasis
English
Etymology
From Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Compare periphrasis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈræfrəsɪs/
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).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paraphrasis | paraphrasēs |
| genitive | paraphrasis | paraphrasium |
| dative | paraphrasī | paraphrasibus |
| accusative | paraphrasim | paraphrasēs paraphrasīs |
| ablative | paraphrasī | paraphrasibus |
| vocative | paraphrasis | paraphrasēs |
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.