exaggĕranter

ex-aggĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to raise a mound, dam, or dike; to heap up (class.; cf.: acervo, coacervo, cumulo, aggero).

[p. 672] Lit.:

aggesta humo planitiem,

Curt. 6, 5:

terram,

Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 139:

clivum super capita columnarum,

id. 36, 14, 21, § 96:

locum operibus,

to surround with ramparts, Vitr. 10, 22:

pluribus stramentis exaggerandum est aviarium,

to be abundantly filled, supplied, Col. 8, 11, 9.—

Transf., to enlarge, increase by heaping up:

rem familiarem,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92; so,

magnas opes,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 25.—

Trop.: hic alteri alteris mortem morti exaggerabant, they mutually heaped up death upon death, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. —Far more freq.,

Transf., to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate:

nihil est ad exaggerandam et amplificandam orationem accommodatius, quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 27; cf.:

oratio nimis alta et exaggerata (opp. humilis et abjecta),

id. Or. 59, 192:

quasi exaggerata altius oratio (with elatio et altitudo orationis),

id. Brut. 17, 66:

artem oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 55; cf.

beneficium verbis,

id. Planc. 29, 71:

immanitatem parricidii vi orationis,

Quint. 9, 2, 53:

injuriam nostram,

id. 6, 2, 23:

animus excelsus et altus et virtutibus exaggeratus,

Cic. Par. 5 fin.:

Xenocrates exaggerans tanto opere virtutem, extenuans cetera et abiciens,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:

auctae exaggerataeque fortunae,

id. Cat. 4, 9 fin.:

juventam alicujus honoribus,

Vell. 2, 129, 2. Hence, *

exaggĕranter, adv., with many words, Tert. de Carn. Chr. 19.—

exaggĕrā-tus, a, um, P. a., cumulated, heightened, elevated (very seldom):

exaggerata verborum volubilitate,

Petr. 124, 3.— Comp., Gell. 13, 24, 25; cf. ib. § 9.

ex-aggĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to raise a mound, dam, or dike; to heap up (class.; cf.: acervo, coacervo, cumulo, aggero).

[p. 672] Lit.:

aggesta humo planitiem,

Curt. 6, 5:

terram,

Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 139:

clivum super capita columnarum,

id. 36, 14, 21, § 96:

locum operibus,

to surround with ramparts, Vitr. 10, 22:

pluribus stramentis exaggerandum est aviarium,

to be abundantly filled, supplied, Col. 8, 11, 9.—

Transf., to enlarge, increase by heaping up:

rem familiarem,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92; so,

magnas opes,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 25.—

Trop.: hic alteri alteris mortem morti exaggerabant, they mutually heaped up death upon death, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. —Far more freq.,

Transf., to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate:

nihil est ad exaggerandam et amplificandam orationem accommodatius, quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 27; cf.:

oratio nimis alta et exaggerata (opp. humilis et abjecta),

id. Or. 59, 192:

quasi exaggerata altius oratio (with elatio et altitudo orationis),

id. Brut. 17, 66:

artem oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 55; cf.

beneficium verbis,

id. Planc. 29, 71:

immanitatem parricidii vi orationis,

Quint. 9, 2, 53:

injuriam nostram,

id. 6, 2, 23:

animus excelsus et altus et virtutibus exaggeratus,

Cic. Par. 5 fin.:

Xenocrates exaggerans tanto opere virtutem, extenuans cetera et abiciens,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:

auctae exaggerataeque fortunae,

id. Cat. 4, 9 fin.:

juventam alicujus honoribus,

Vell. 2, 129, 2. Hence, *

exaggĕranter, adv., with many words, Tert. de Carn. Chr. 19.—

exaggĕrā-tus, a, um, P. a., cumulated, heightened, elevated (very seldom):

exaggerata verborum volubilitate,

Petr. 124, 3.— Comp., Gell. 13, 24, 25; cf. ib. § 9.