hyperbolen
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hyperbole, hyperboles:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement;
acc. sg.
Examples
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..."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..."
