noun
exaggĕrātĭo
Meaning
- a heaping
exaggĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. exaggero,
I. a heaping or raising up. *
I. Lit. concr., in plur., Just. 2, 1 fin. (al. aggerationes).—
II. Trop., elevation, exaltation (very seldom); amplitudinem et quasi quandam exaggerationem quam altissimam animi, * Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:
aliqua speciosa orationis, cumulation, exaggeration, Gell. 13, 24, 9; cf. ib. § 16.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
exaggerātiō ōnis, f
exaggero.—Only fig., elevation, exaltation : animi.