exsuperatio

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Ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → It is impossible to know the spirit, thought, and mind of any man before he be versed in sovereignty and the laws

Sophocles, Antigone, 175-7

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

exsŭpĕrātĭo: (exup-), ōnis, f. id.,
I exaggeration as a fig. of speech, the Gr. ὑπερβολή, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 67; 1, 6, 10.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

exsŭpĕrātĭō, ōnis, f., hyperbole [fig. de rhét.] : Her. 4, 67.

Latin > German (Georges)

exsuperātio (exuperātio), ōnis, f. (exsupero) = πλεονασμός, die Übertreibung, rhet. t. t., Cornif. rhet. 4, 67. Auct. carm. de fig. 178. p. 70 H.