hyperbolen
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hyperbole, hyperboles:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement;
acc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...incrementum. XXIX. Scio posse videri quibusdam speciem amplificationis hyperbolen quoque: nam et haec in utramque partem valet..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omnis cadit. LXVII. An non plurima dicuntur (per hyperbolen? ut) quod refert Cicero de homine praelongo, caput..."
