sŭperlātĭo, ōnis, f. [superfero].
I In rhet., an exaggerating , hyperbole : veritatis superlatio atque trajectio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44; Quint. 9, 2, 3; 9, 1, 29; 12, 10, 62: malignitatis, the highest degree , Ap. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 20, 40.—
II In gram., the superlative : (soloecismus) per comparationes et superlationes, Quint. 1, 5, 45; Charis. p. 88 sq. P.