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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

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|lshtext=<b>sŭperlātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[superfero]].<br /><b>I</b> In rhet., an exaggerating, [[hyperbole]]: veritatis [[superlatio]] [[atque]] trajectio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44; Quint. 9, 2, 3; 9, 1, 29; 12, 10, 62: malignitatis, the [[highest]] [[degree]], App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 20, 40.—<br /><b>II</b> In gram., the [[superlative]]: ([[soloecismus]]) per comparationes et superlationes, Quint. 1, 5, 45; [[Charis]]. p. 88 sq. P.
|lshtext=<b>sŭperlātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[superfero]].<br /><b>I</b> In rhet., an exaggerating, [[hyperbole]]: veritatis [[superlatio]] [[atque]] trajectio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44; Quint. 9, 2, 3; 9, 1, 29; 12, 10, 62: malignitatis, the [[highest]] [[degree]], App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 20, 40.—<br /><b>II</b> In gram., the [[superlative]]: ([[soloecismus]]) per comparationes et superlationes, Quint. 1, 5, 45; [[Charis]]. p. 88 sq. P.
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|gf=<b>sŭperlātĭō</b>, ōnis, f. ([[superfero]]),<br /><b>1</b> exagération, hyberbole [t. de rh.] : Her. 4, 44 ; [[superlatio]] veritatis Cic. de Or. 3, 203 [noté [[supralatio]] dans le texte consulté] ; Quint. 9, 2, 3, même sens. &#124;&#124; le [[plus]] [[haut]] degré de : Apul. Plat. 2, 16<br /><b>2</b> [t. de gramm.] le superlatif : Quint. 1, 5, 45.
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Revision as of 07:06, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭperlātĭo: ōnis, f. superfero.
I In rhet., an exaggerating, hyperbole: veritatis superlatio atque trajectio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44; Quint. 9, 2, 3; 9, 1, 29; 12, 10, 62: malignitatis, the highest degree, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 20, 40.—
II In gram., the superlative: (soloecismus) per comparationes et superlationes, Quint. 1, 5, 45; Charis. p. 88 sq. P.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sŭperlātĭō, ōnis, f. (superfero),
1 exagération, hyberbole [t. de rh.] : Her. 4, 44 ; superlatio veritatis Cic. de Or. 3, 203 [noté supralatio dans le texte consulté] ; Quint. 9, 2, 3, même sens. || le plus haut degré de : Apul. Plat. 2, 16
2 [t. de gramm.] le superlatif : Quint. 1, 5, 45.