ampliatio

From Latin ampliātiō (“extending; a deferring of the decision of a judge”).

ampliatio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Using an epithet of something or someone when that epithet is not applicable.
2. (Roman law) A deferred decision.

• (Roman law): adjournment

• (rhetoric): prolepsis

From ampliō (“I extend, ennoble, adjourn”) +‎ -tiō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /am.pliˈaː.ti.oː/

ampliātiō f (genitive ampliātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of extending, enlarging.
2. (law) A deferring of the decision of the judge.

Third declension.

• ampliō

• → Dutch: ampliatie
• English: ampliatio

• ampliatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ampliatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, 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