ampliatio

== English == === 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 (“to extend, ennoble, adjourn”) +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.pliˈaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.pliˈat.t͡si.o] === Noun === ampliātiō f (genitive ampliātiōnis); third declension The act of extending, enlarging. (law) A deferring of the decision of the judge. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ampliō ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: ampliatie English: ampliatio Portuguese: ampliação === References === “ampliatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ampliatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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