amplificat

Amplificat is a Latin verb form meaning “he/she/it amplifies” or “magnifies.” It is the third-person singular present indicative active of amplificare, a first-conjugation verb meaning to enlarge, increase, or amplify. The principal parts are amplifico, amplificare, amplificavi, amplificatus.

The root combines ampl- from amplus meaning large, with the suffix -ficare “to make,” giving the sense of making something larger or more extensive. Related derivations include amplificatio (amplification) and amplificator (an amplifier or agent that amplifies). In later Latin, the term extended into technical vocabulary for devices and processes that increase signal strength or loudness.

Usage and context: In classical and ecclesiastical Latin, amplificare is used both literally (to enlarge physical size or quantity) and figuratively (to intensify description, argument, or rhetoric). The form amplificat appears in texts as the present-tense assertion that someone or something is magnifying. Examples include rhetorical passages that "amplificat voces" (magnifies voices) or descriptions of enlarging quantities. In modern Latin usage, amplificatio and amplificator became standard for discussing amplification in scientific, acoustic, or electronic contexts, with amplificator often referring to an amplifier device.

See also: amplificatio, amplificator, amplificare. Note that amplificat is distinct from magnificat, a related but separate verb and proper noun in Latin (as in Magnificat), and should be distinguished in scholarly writing.