verb transitive

amplĭo

2nd PP amplĭāre · 3rd PP amplāvi · 4th PP ātum · conj. 1st

to make wider; to extend; enlarge

to make wider, to extend, enlarge, increase, amplify (rare, esp. before the Aug. per.; mostly in prose).

In gen.: amplianda scalpello plaga est, Cels. 7, 5: rem (familiarem), * Hor. S.… ••

In gen.: amplianda scalpello plaga est, Cels. 7, 5: rem (familiarem), * Hor. S. 1, 4, 32: de ampliando numero, Plin. Pan. 54, 4; so Suet. Ner. 22: orbem, Luc. 3, 276: servitia, Tac. H. 2, 78: ampliato vetere Apollinis templo, Suet. Aug. 18 al.—

figuratively •

Trop.: nomen, to render glorious, to ennoble, Mart. 8, 66: Hannibalis bellicis laudibus ampliatur virtus Scipionis, Quint. 8, 4, 20: pulcritudinem, Vulg. Judith, 10, 4. —

to delay judgment; decision; to adjourn

Esp., judic. t. t., to delay judgment or decision, to adjourn, in order to make further investigation (since the judges in such cases employed the expression AMPLIVS or NON LIQVET, v. amplius, c. and Rupert. ad Tac. Or. 38, 1, p. 455).

absol •

Absol.: potestas ampliandi, Cic. Caecin. 10: lex ampliandi facit potestatem, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.—

to defer his business •

With acc. of pers., to defer his business: istum hominem nefarium ampliaveritis, Auct. ad Her. 4, 36: virginem, Liv. 4, 44: bis ampliatus reus tertio absolutus est, id. 43, 2.—

With acc. of thing. causam, Val. Max. 8, 1, 16: poenam, Sen. Contr. 1, 3; cf.… •

With acc. of thing. causam, Val. Max. 8, 1, 16: poenam, Sen. Contr. 1, 3; cf. ampliatio and comperendinatio.

Perseus ID: n2358 Key: amplio