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Ἀλλ' Ἀχέροντι νυμφεύσω → I will become the bride of Acheron

Sophocles, Antigone, 816

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.