Lewis Short
ēlĕvātĭo (noun F) : elevo.
* A lifting up, raising (late Lat.): manuum,Vulg. Psa. 140, 2 al.
* Trop.
* Gram. t. t., the elevation: vocis (= ἄρσις, opp. depositio), Mart. Cap. 9, § 974; Isid. 1, 16, 21.
* Rhet. t. t., a lessening, disparaging; a species of irony, Quint. 9, 2, 50; Mart. Cap. 5, § 525.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary