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hyperbole

hyperbŏlē, 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).

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