paraphrastic

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Heyne is never paraphrastic -- he never adds anything foreign to the poem.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or having the nature of paraphrase.

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  1. Medieval Latin paraphrasticus, from Greek paraphrastikos, from paraphrazein, to paraphrase; see paraphrase.

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  1. = French paraphrastique = Spanish parafrástico = Portuguese paraphrastico = Italian parafrastico, from LGr. παραφραστικός, paraphrastic, from Greek παραφράστης, a paraphrast: see paraphrast.
 

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/pærəˈfræstɪk/
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