ēlĕvātĭo, ōnis, f. [elevo].
I 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.