phrăsis Copy link ⓘphrăse: fem abl sg • phrăsis, is, f., = φράσις, in rhetoric, diction (pure Lat. elocutio; post-Aug.): (in Albucio) non lexis magna, sed phrasis, Sen. Contr. 3 prooem.; acc. phrasin, Quint. 10, 1, 87 (id. 8, 1, 1, written as Greek).
phrăsis Copy link ⓘphrăse: fem abl sg • phrăsis, is, acc. -in, f. (φράσις), diction, élocution, style : Quint. 10, 1, 87.
phrasis Copy link ⓘphrăse: fem abl sg PHRASIS is. f. [φράσις] Forma loquendi, et dicendi modus s. dictio. Quinctil. 8, 1 pr. Dicta [ἀπὸ τοῦ φράζειν, quod est fari et disserere. Add. Quinctil. 10, 1, 42 et 87 seq.
phrase (subs.) Copy link • phrase (subs.): lŏcūtio: a large number of such p.s, multa talium l. copia, Gell. 1, 7, fin.: Quint. (Not phrasis: cf. Quint. 10, 1, 87, phrasis, id est corpus eloquentiae.) To use such a p., *ita loqui; ea loquendi formula uti.
PHRASE Copy link • PHRASEdictio; locutio. ☞ Avoid the Greek phrasis unless it be necessary as technical term.