ampliatio
English
editExamples (rhetoric) |
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Dead man walking. |
Etymology
editFrom Latin ampliātiō (“extending; a deferring of the decision of a judge”). Doublet of ampliation.
Noun
editampliatio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Using an epithet of something or someone for effect, when that epithet is not truly applicable.
- (Roman law) A deferred decision.
Synonyms
edit- (Roman law): adjournment
Hyponyms
edit- (rhetoric): prolepsis
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom ampliō (“I extend, ennoble, adjourn”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /am.pliˈaː.ti.oː/, [ämplʲiˈäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.pliˈat.t͡si.o/, [ämpliˈät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
editampliātiō f (genitive ampliātiōnis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | 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
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “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 (2016 July 16 (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
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