Latin

Verb

augeō ‎(present infinitive augēre, perfect active auxī, supine auctum); second conjugation

1. I increase, augment
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 1.38

     augeri amplificarique

     to be increased and expanded

2. I enlarge, spread, expand
3. I lengthen
4. I exaggerate
5. I honor, enrich
6. (figuratively) I exalt, praise

Inflection

Synonyms

• (enlarge): amplificō
• (exalt, praise): laudō

Antonyms

• (enlarge): minuō

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: auction
• Spanish: auger

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “augeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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