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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *augeō, from earlier *augejō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti, causative form of *h₂ewg-.
Cognates include Proto-Germanic *aukaną, Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō), Lithuanian áugti, and, via Iranian, Old Armenian վաշխ (vašx). Akin to English eke.
Pronunciation
Verb
augeō (present infinitive augēre, perfect active auxī, supine auctum); second conjugation
- to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand
- Synonyms: adiciō, multiplicō, incitō, accumulō, cumulō
- Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, premō, corripiō
- to lengthen
- to raise, strengthen
- Synonyms: ērigō, incendō
- to exaggerate
- to honor, enrich
- Synonym: honōrō
- (figuratively) to exalt, praise
- Synonyms: laudō, admīror, collaudō, mīrō, amplificō, suspiciō, praedicō, intueor
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
References
- “augeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “augeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- augeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo auget
- to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- to enrich a person's knowledge: scientia augere aliquem
- to lend lustre to a subject by one's description: dicendo augere, amplificare aliquid (opp. dicendo extenuare aliquid)
- to increase a person's courage: animum alicui augere (B. G. 7. 70)
- to aggrandise, extend the power of the state: rem publicam augere, amplificare