superiectio

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

sŭperjectĭo, ōnis, f. [superiacio]. *

I Lit., a throwing over or on : vestium, Arn. 3, 108.—

II Trop., in rhet., an exaggeration , hyperbole , Quint. 8, 6, 67.