exaggĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [exaggero], a heaping or raising up. *
I Lit. concr., in plur., Just. 2, 1 fin. (al. aggerationes).—
II Trop., elevation , exaltation (very seldom); amplitudinem et quasi quandam exaggerationem quam altissimam animi, * Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64: aliqua speciosa orationis, cumulation , exaggeration , Gell. 13, 24, 9; cf. ib. § 16.