paraphrasis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈræfrəsɪs/

Noun

paraphrasis (uncountable)

1. The practice of paraphrasing.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pʰra.sis/, [päˈräpʰräs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈra.fra.sis/, [päˈräːfräs̬is]

Noun

paraphrasis f (genitive paraphrasis); third declension

1. paraphrase

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).

Case	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.