If anyone knows a Latin word equivalent or close in meaning to “understatement”, I would appreciate it 
Litotes is Greek, but you might be able to find it in a Latin work as a loanword.
imminūtiō, ōnis f (imminuo) or
extenuātiō, ōnis f (extenuo)
If anyone knows a Latin word equivalent or close in meaning to “understatement”, I would appreciate it
Litotes is Greek, but you might be able to find it in a Latin work as a loanword.
imminūtiō, ōnis f (imminuo) or
extenuātiō, ōnis f (extenuo)