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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=exaggero exaggerare, exaggeravi, exaggeratus V :: [[heap up]], [[accumulate]]; [[magnify]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ex-aggĕro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[raise]] a [[mound]], [[dam]], or [[dike]]; to [[heap]] up ([[class]].; cf.: [[acervo]], [[coacervo]], [[cumulo]], [[aggero]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: aggesta [[humo]] planitiem, Curt. 6, 5: terram, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 139: clivum [[super]] capita columnarum, id. 36, 14, 21, § 96: locum operibus, to [[surround]] [[with]] ramparts, Vitr. 10, 22: pluribus stramentis exaggerandum est aviarium, to be [[abundantly]] [[filled]], supplied, Col. 8, 11, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[enlarge]], [[increase]] by heaping up: rem familiarem, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92; so, magnas [[opes]], Phaedr. 3, prol. 25.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: hic alteri alteris mortem morti exaggerabant, [[they]] [[mutually]] heaped up [[death]] [[upon]] [[death]], Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to exalt, [[amplify]], [[heighten]], [[magnify]], [[exaggerate]]: [[nihil]] est ad exaggerandam et amplificandam orationem accommodatius, [[quam]], etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 27; cf.: [[oratio]] [[nimis]] alta et exaggerata (opp. [[humilis]] et abjecta), id. Or. 59, 192: [[quasi]] exaggerata altius [[oratio]] ([[with]] [[elatio]] et [[altitudo]] orationis), id. Brut. 17, 66: artem oratione, id. de Or. 1, 55; cf. [[beneficium]] verbis, id. Planc. 29, 71: immanitatem parricidii vi orationis, Quint. 9, 2, 53: injuriam nostram, id. 6, 2, 23: [[animus]] [[excelsus]] et [[altus]] et virtutibus exaggeratus, Cic. Par. 5 fin.: [[Xenocrates]] exaggerans tanto opere virtutem, extenuans [[cetera]] et abiciens, id. Tusc. 5, 18, 51: auctae exaggerataeque fortunae, id. Cat. 4, 9 fin.: juventam alicujus honoribus, Vell. 2, 129, 2. Hence, *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; exaggĕranter, adv., [[with]] [[many]] words, Tert. de Carn. Chr. 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; exaggĕrā-tus, a, um, P. a., cumulated, heightened, [[elevated]] ([[very]] [[seldom]]): exaggerata verborum volubilitate, Petr. 124, 3.—Comp., Gell. 13, 24, 25; cf. ib. § 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>exaggĕrō</b>,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> rapporter des terres sur, hausser en remblai : exaggerare planitiem Curt. 6, 5, 20, remblayer une plaine<br /><b>2</b> grossir, augmenter en accumulant [pr. et fig.] exaggerare rem familiarem Cic. Off. 1, 92, augmenter son patrimoine<br /><b>3</b> combler : exaggerare aliquem honoribus Vell. 2, 129, 2, combler qqn d’honneurs<br /><b>4</b> amplifier, grossir : [[beneficium]] verbis Cic. Planc. 71, grossir un bienfait par ses [[propos]], cf. Tusc. 5, 51 ; de Or. 1, 234 ; [[animus]] virtutibus [[exaggeratus]] Cic. Par. 41, une âme grandie par les vertus ; [[quasi]] exaggerata altius [[oratio]] Cic. Br. 66, un style en qq. sorte surélevé (comme un bâtiment) ; [[oratio]] [[nimis]] alta et exaggerata Cic. Or. 192, un style trop élevé et amplifié.
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{{Georges
|georg=ex-[[aggero]], āvī, ātum, āre, [[hoch]] aufdämmen, [[weit]] [[einen]] [[Damm]] [[hoch]] [[aufhäufen]], [[aufschütten]], auffüllen, I) im allg.: 1) eig.: [[quo]] moenitius esset [[quod]] exaggerabant, [[Varro]] LL. 5, 141: planitiem aggestā [[humo]], Curt.: terram, Plin.: [[locus]] operibus ([[durch]] Erdwälle) exaggeratur, Vitr.: ex. [[illud]] [[spatium]] (sc. [[maris]]), Curt.: ex. pluribus stramentis aviarium, [[ausfüllen]], [[ausfüttern]], Col.: exaggerata variis odoribus [[strues]], [[Mela]]. – 2) übtr., [[erheben]], [[einen]] höhern [[Schwung]] [[geben]], [[animus]] virtutibus [[exaggeratus]], Cic.: posteriorum [[quasi]] exaggerata altius [[oratio]], Cic. – II) prägn., [[aufhäufen]] = aufhäufend [[vermehren]], [[vergrößern]], 1) im allg.: rem familiarem, Cic.: [[opes]], Phaedr. – übtr., iuventam alcis honoribus, jmd. [[als]] [[Jüngling]] [[durch]] Ehrenstellen [[erhöhen]], zu hohen Ehren [[bringen]], Vell. 2, 129, 2. – 2) insbes.: a) [[durch]] Worte [[vergrößern]], aus [[Kosten]] der [[Wahrheit]] [[erheben]], sextulam suam, [[allzu]] [[groß]] [[angeben]], Cic.: [[beneficium]] verbis, Cic.: virtutem (Ggstz. extenuare [[cetera]] et abicere), Cic. – dah. b) [[als]] rhet. t. t., etw. [[durch]] die [[Darstellung]] [[vergrößern]], stärker [[hervorheben]], [[mit]] u. [[ohne]] oratione, Cic.: iniuriam, Quint.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=exaggero, as, are. :: 堆起。張衍言。言太過。鋪張言。言太夸。雄詞。— rem familiarem 倍家貲。
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