ampliatio
English
Examples (rhetoric) |
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Dead man walking. |
Etymology
From Latin ampliātiō (“extending; a deferring of the decision of a judge”). Doublet of ampliation.
Noun
ampliatio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Using an epithet of something or someone for effect, when that epithet is not truly applicable.
- (Roman law) A deferred decision.
Synonyms
- (Roman law): adjournment
Hyponyms
- (rhetoric): prolepsis
Latin
Etymology
From ampliō (“I extend, ennoble, adjourn”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.pliˈaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.pliˈat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
ampliātiō f (genitive ampliātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ampliātiō | ampliātiōnēs |
genitive | ampliātiōnis | ampliātiōnum |
dative | ampliātiōnī | ampliātiōnibus |
accusative | ampliātiōnem | ampliātiōnēs |
ablative | ampliātiōne | ampliātiōnibus |
vocative | ampliātiō | ampliātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “ampliatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "ampliatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ampliatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ampliatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ampliatio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “ampliatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin