exsuperatio
From LSJ
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
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.
