- In
linguistics and literature,
periphrasis (/pəˈrɪfrəsɪs/) is the use of a
larger number of words, with an
implicit comparison to the
possibility of using...
- In Latin,
there are
multiple periphrases for
tense and mode. Here we list the most common. The
perfect periphrasis is
composed of the sum
auxiliary and...
- Philology. 2 (4): 305–314. JSTOR 44938469. Squartini,
Mario (1998).
Verbal Periphrases in Romance: Aspect, Actionality, and Grammaticalization. Berlin: Mouton...
- men. His wife is Iðunn. In Skáldskaparmál
Snorri writes: How
should one
periphrase Bragi? By
calling him
husband of Iðunn,
first maker of poetry, and the...
- it is not
possible to
create new ones,
except by compounding.
Verbal periphrases of obligation:
Caldre + que +
infinitive (personal)
Caldre + infinitive...
- Lyly's
mannered style is
characterized by
parallel arrangements and
periphrases. The
style of
these novels gave rise to the term eup****sm. The proverb...
-
exceedingly permeate,
permute peri- around, near or
adjacent perihelion,
periphrase photo-
light photoelectric, photography,
photosynthesis pleo- more pleonasm...
-
kenning "ugly sons of Fornjót" to mean the 'wind'. How
should the wind be
periphrased? Thus: call it son of Fornjót,
Brother of the Sea and of Fire, Scathe...
- (Translation: In
order to
obviate misunderstandings and
avoid ****bersome
periphrases, [the author, a
university lecturer]
suggests designating as "enzymes"...
- Spanish, but
still active in Portuguese. It has also
several verbal periphrases.
Portuguese verbs have the
following properties. Two numbers—singular...
