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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=amplificatio amplificationis N F :: [[enlargement]], [[amplification]], [[augmentation]], [[increasing]], [[making greater]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>amplĭfĭcātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[amplifico]],<br /><b>I</b> a widening; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> An extending, enlarging, increasing (perh. [[only]] in Cic.): pecuniae, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: rei [[familiaris]], id. Off. 1, 8, 25.—Trop.: honoris et gloriae, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42.—<br /><b>II</b> In rhet. t. t., an [[exaggerated]] [[description]] of an [[object]], an [[amplification]], Auct. ad Her. 2, 30; Cic. Part. Or. 15; Quint. 2, 5, 9; 5, 10, 99; v. [[amplifico]], II.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>amplĭfĭcātĭō</b>,¹⁴ ōnis, f. ([[amplifico]]), accroissement, augmentation : Cic. Div. 2, 33 &#124;&#124; [rhét.] amplification : Cic. Part. 27 ; Or. 102, etc.||[rhét.] amplification : Cic. Part. 27 ; Or. 102, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=amplificātio, ōnis, f. ([[amplifico]]), die [[Erweiterung]], [[Vergrößerung]], [[Vermehrung]], I) eig., pecuniae, [[rei]] [[familiaris]], Cic. – II) übtr.: a) die intensive [[Vergrößerung]], [[Vermehrung]], honoris et gloriae, Cic. – b) [[als]] rhet. t.t., die [[Erweiterung]] der [[Vorstellung]] [[durch]] Steigerung od. [[Häufung]] [[des]] Ausdrucks, Cornif. rhet., Cic. u. Quint. ([[auch]] im Plur.).
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=amplificatio, onis. f. :: [[講鋪排]]
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