superiectio

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Οὐκ ἔστι πενίας οὐδὲ ἓν μεῖζον κακόν → Non ullum paupertate maius est malum → Als Armut gibt es keine größre Schlechtigkeit

Menander, Monostichoi, 436

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭperjectĭo: ōnis, f. superiacio. *
I Lit., a throwing over or on: vestium, Arn. 3, 108.—
II Trop., in rhet., an exaggeration, hyperbole, Quint. 8, 6, 67.