exsuperatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

exsŭpĕrātĭo (exup-), ōnis, f. [exsupero],

exaggeration as a fig. of speech, the Gr. ὑπερβολή, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 67; 1, 6, 10.