paraphrasis

English

Etymology

From Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Compare periphrasis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈræfrəsɪs/

Noun

paraphrasis (uncountable)

1. The practice of paraphrasing.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́ζω (părăphrắzō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis)bor.

Latin paraphrasis

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

1. paraphrase

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.