augeo
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Italic *augeō, 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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ɡe.oː/, [ˈäu̯ɡeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.d͡ʒe.o/, [ˈäːu̯d͡ʒeo]
Verb
augeō (present infinitive augēre, perfect active auxī, supine auctum); second conjugation
- I increase, augment
- 45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 1.38:
- augeri amplificarique
- to be increased and expanded
- augeri amplificarique
- I enlarge, spread, expand
- I lengthen
- I exaggerate
- I honor, enrich
- (figuratively) I exalt, praise
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (enlarge): minuō
Derived terms
Descendants
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[1], 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
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo auget
Categories:
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin verbs
- Latin terms with quotations
- Latin second conjugation verbs
- Latin second conjugation verbs with perfect in -s- or -x-
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook