prolixity
prolixity
subs.
P. μακρολογία, ἡ.
subs.
P. μακρολογία, ἡ.
PROLIXITY
verbositas (verbosity a making use of a great many words as quality; late): anfractus: ambages (a roundabout narrative; e.g. ambages narrare Ter. Heaut. 2 3 77).
verbositas (verbosity a making use of a great many words as quality; late): anfractus: ambages (a roundabout narrative; e.g. ambages narrare Ter. Heaut. 2 3 77).
prolixity: expr. by adj.: above all things, you must avoid p., *prae omnibus rebus (maxime omnium) cavendum est, ne longus (verbosus, multus) sis; ne verbosiore, quam necesse sit, expositione utaris. (Verbositas, prolixitas, v. late and best avoided.)