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elevatio

ēlĕvātĭo, ōnis, f. [elevo].
  • A lifting up, raising (late Lat.): manuum, Vulg. Psa. 140, 2 al.—
  • II Trop.
      • 1 Gram. t. t., the elevation: vocis (= ἄρσις, opp. depositio), Mart. Cap. 9, § 974; Isid. 1, 16, 21.—
      • 2 Rhet. t. t., a lessening, disparaging; a species of irony, Quint. 9, 2, 50; Mart. Cap. 5, § 525.

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