English
Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|�κ��α�ι�, from polytonic|�κ��άζειν, from polytonic|�κ- �ex-� + polytonic|��άζειν �speak�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/��kfr�sɪs/
Noun
en-noun|ekphras|es
- rhetoric A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
#:*2004: One [trope] is ekphrasis, the literary description of a work of art, the most famous example of which may be the careful depiction of the shield of Achilles in book 18 of the Iliad. � Daniel Donoghue, Old English Literature (Blackwell 2004, p. 75)
Alternative forms
ecphrasis
ru:ekphrasis
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