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English
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Dead man walking.
(He's not dead yet.)
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Etymology
From Latin ampliātiō (“extending; a deferring of the decision of a judge”). Doublet of ampliation.
Noun
ampliatio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Using an epithet of something or someone for effect, when that epithet is not truly applicable.
- (Roman law) A deferred decision.
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Latin
Etymology
From ampliō (“I extend, ennoble, adjourn”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
ampliātiō f (genitive ampliātiōnis); third declension
- The act of extending, enlarging.
- (law) A deferring of the decision of the judge.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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References
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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