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hyperbole
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LNS
hyperbolē, hyperbolēs
hyperbole
ὑπερβολή
noun (f., 1
st
Greek declension)
exaggeration, hyperbole
Abbreviations
hyperbolē, ēs, f.
, = ὑπερβολή, a rhet. fig., exaggeration, hyperbole (pure Lat. superlatio and superjectio), Quint. 8, 6, 67 sq.; 8, 4, 29; Sen. Ben. 7, 23 (in Cic. Top. 10, 45, and Fam. 7, 32, 2, written as Greek).
