Ampliatio

am'-pli-a'-ti-o from Lat. amplio, "to extend"
adjournment, an old name for a new thing

Using the name of something or someone before it has obtained that name or after the reason for that name has ceased. A form of epitheton.

Examples

Even after the man was healed from his ailment by Jesus, he was still referred to as "Simon the leper."

Ampliatio

Acknowledgement

The above information on individual rhetorical techniques is reproduced from the website “Silva Rhetoricae” (www.rhetoric.byu.edu ) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Credit for this content lies with Professor Gideon O Burton of Brigham Young University.