| Figure Name | ampliatio |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm); Bullinger (1898) ("ampliatio; or, adjournment: i.e., an Old Name for a New Thing |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | adjournment, an old name for a new thing |
| Etymology | None |
| Type | Trope |
| Linguistic Domain |
Semantic |
| Definition |
1. Using the name of something or someone before it has obtained that name or after the reason for that name has ceased. (Silva Rhetoricae) 2. A returning of an old Name after the reason for it is passed away. (Bullinger, 688) |
| Example |
1. Even after the man was healed from his ailment by Jesus, he was still referred to as "Simon the leper." (Silva Rhetoricae) 2. 1 Sam. 30:5. 2 Sam. 3:3. -Abigail is still called, by way of Ampliatio, "the wife of Nabal the Carmelite," though Nabal was dead, and she was the wife of David. Compare Matt. 1:6. (Bullinger, 689) |
| Kind Of | Identity |
| Part Of | epitheton |
| Related Figures | prolepsis |
| Notes | Do you think this is a part of epitheton? |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |