(v. a.adv.P. a.) : ex-aggĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* To raise a mound, dam, or dike; to heap up (class.; cf.: acervo, coacervo, cumulo, aggero).
* Lit.: aggesta humo planitiem,Curt. 6, 5: terram,Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 139: clivum super capita columnarum,id. 36, 14, 21, § 96: locum operibus,to surround with ramparts,Vitr. 10, 22: pluribus stramentis exaggerandum est aviarium,to be abundantly filled, supplied,Col. 8, 11, 9.
* Transf., to enlarge, increase by heaping up: rem familiarem,Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92; so, magnas opes,Phaedr. 3, prol. 25.
* Trop.: hic alteri alteris mortem morti exaggerabant, they mutually heaped up death upon death, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin.—Far more freq.
* Transf., to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate: nihil est ad exaggerandam et amplificandam orationem accommodatius, quam, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 27; cf.: oratio nimis alta et exaggerata (opp. humilis et abjecta),id. Or. 59, 192: quasi exaggerata altius oratio (with elatio et altitudo orationis),id. Brut. 17, 66: artem oratione,id. de Or. 1, 55; cf. beneficium verbis,id. Planc. 29, 71: immanitatem parricidii vi orationis,Quint. 9, 2, 53: injuriam nostram,id. 6, 2, 23: animus excelsus et altus et virtutibus exaggeratus,Cic. Par. 5 fin.: Xenocrates exaggerans tanto opere virtutem, extenuans cetera et abiciens,id. Tusc. 5, 18, 51: auctae exaggerataeque fortunae,id. Cat. 4, 9 fin.: juventam alicujus honoribus,Vell. 2, 129, 2. Hence, *
* Exaggĕranter, adv., with many words, Tert. de Carn. Chr. 19.
* Exaggĕrā-tus, a, um, P. a., cumulated, heightened, elevated (very seldom): exaggerata verborum volubilitate,Petr. 124, 3.—Comp., Gell. 13, 24, 25; cf. ib. § 9.

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