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elatio

elatio · f

a carrying out

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Where it lives

Topica 1 · 1.46/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
De Officiis 2 · 0.59/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 3 · 0.53/10k
Brutus 1 · 0.4/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

ēlātĭo — Lewis & Short

ēlātĭo, ōnis, f.1. effero,

I a carrying out.

I Lit. (post-class.): FERRI, Inscr. Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. 43 and 402.—

B In partic.

1 A carrying to the grave, a burial: mortui, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 3.—

2 A lifting or raising up: onerum, Vitr. 8, 10: maris, i. e. high waves, Vulg. Psa. 92, 6. —

II Trop. (class.).

A A being carried away or hurried along; transport, passion: laetitia quasi gestientis animi elatio voluptaria, Cic. Fin. 3, 10 fin. (cf.: efferri laetitiā, under effero, II. B.).—

B Exaltation, elevation: elatio et magnitudo animi, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64; cf.: elatio atque altitudo orationis, id. Brut. 17, 66: parium autem comparatio nec elationem habet nec submissionem, id. Top. 18, 71.—

C Self-exaltation, pride, elation (cf.: superbia, insolentia, arrogantia, vanitas, fastus, fastidium), Ambros. Psa. 4, 8; Serm. 17, 36 fin.; Arn. 2, 63; Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 21.

In the wild

elatio Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 6.59.2
elationem Cicero, Topica 71.p1
elatione Cicero, Brutus 66
elationem Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 4.13
elationis Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1.31.p1
elatio Cicero, De Officiis 1.62.p1

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