Lewis Short
pĕriphrăsis (noun F) = περίφρασις:
* A circumlocution, periphrase (post-Aug.), Suet. Gram. 4; Quint. 8, 3, 53; Gell. 3, 1, 6 (pure Lat.: circuitus eloquendi, ambitus verborum, circumlocutio).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary