paraphrastic
Americanadjective
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Origin of paraphrastic
1615–25; < Medieval Latin paraphrasticus < Greek paraphrastikós. See paraphrast, -ic
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Many of the quotations from the Old Testament in the New are highly paraphrastic.
From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by William Sanday
We will give an example of this, and at the same time of his paraphrastic method of quotation:— Barnabas c. ix.
From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by William Sanday
I have omitted four Odes altogether, one in each Book, and some stanzas of a fifth; and in some other instances I have been studiously paraphrastic.
From The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace by John Conington
The, in any case, paraphrastic quotation or quotations which find a parallel in Matt. vii.
From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by William Sanday
His version, printed at Paris 1685, is somewhat better in point of style than those of Marolles, but is not more faithful to the original, being extremely paraphrastic.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
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