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|lshtext=<b>augĕo</b>: auxi, auctum, 2, v. a. and n. (<br /><b>I</b> perf subj. auxitis = auxeritis, Liv. 29, 27: [[auceta]]: [[saepe]] aucta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.) [Gr. [[αὔξω]] [[αὐξάνω]]>; Lith. augu, and augmu = [[growth]]; Sanscr. vaksh; Goth. vahsjan, and auka = [[growth]]; Germ. wachsen; Engl. [[wax]]; also [[allied]] to [[vegeo]] [[vegetus]], [[vigeo]] [[vigor]], [[vigil]] v. Curt. pp. 67, 186 sq., and Bopp, Gloss. p. 304 b].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[increase]], to [[nourish]] (orig., to [[produce]], [[bring]] [[forth]] [[that]] not [[already]] in [[existence]]; in [[which]] [[signification]] [[only]] the derivative [[auctor]] is [[now]] [[found]]).<br /> To [[increase]], [[enlarge]], [[augment]], [[strengthen]], [[advance]] [[that]] [[which]] is [[already]] in [[existence]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]; syn.: [[adaugeo]], [[amplio]], [[amplifico]]): Quicquid est hoc, omnia animat, format, alit, auget, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131: [[cibus]] auget [[corpus]] alitque, Lucr. 1, 859: redductum (animale [[genus]]) daedala [[tellus]] alit [[atque]] auget [[generatim]] pabula praebens, id. 1, 229; 5, 220; 5, 322; 6, 946: virīs, id. 6, 342: in augendā re, Cic. Rab. Post. 2; 14; so, in augendā obruitur re, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 68: rem [[strenuus]] auge, [[increase]] [[your]] gains, id. ib. 1, 7, 71: [[opes]], Nep. Thras. 2, 4: possessiones, id. Att. 12, 2: divitias, Vulg. Prov 22, 16: dotem et munera, ib. Gen. 34, 12: rem publicam agris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18; so Tac. H 1, 79: aerarium, id. A. 3, 25: [[vallum]] et turres, id. H. 4, 35: classem, Suet. Ner. 3: tributa, id. Vesp. 16: [[pretium]], Vulg. Ezech. 16, 31: numerum, Suet. Aug. 37, and Vulg. Deut. 20, 19 al.: morbum, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 54: suspitionem, id. Eun. 3, 1, 46; Suet. Tit. 5: industriam, Ter. Ad. prol. 25: molestiam, Cic. Fl. 12: dolorem alicui, id. Att. 11, 22 [[vitium]] ventris, id. Cael. 19: [[peccatum]], Vulg. Exod. 9, 34: furorem, ib. Num. 32, 14: benevolentiam, Cic. Lael. 9, 30: animum alicujus, to [[increase]] one's [[courage]], id. Att. 10, 14; so, animos, Stat. Th. 10, 23: vocem, to [[strengthen]], [[raise]], Suet. Claud. 33; id. Ner. 20' hostias, to [[increase]], [[multiply]], id. Aug. 96: ego te augebo et multiplicabo, Vulg. Gen. 48, 4 al.—Poet.: [[nuper]] et istae Auxerunt volucrum victae certamine turbam, i. e. [[have]] been changed [[into]] birds, Ov. M. 5, 301.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., to [[magnify]], to exalt, to [[extol]], [[embellish]], to [[praise]] (syn.: [[laudo]], laude afficere, verbis extollere, [[orno]]): [[homo]] [[tenuis]] non verbis auget suum [[munus]], sed [[etiam]] extenuat, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70: aliquid augere [[atque]] ornare, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94; so, rem laudando, id. Brut. 12, 47: [[munus]] principis, Plin. [[Pan]]. 38 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to furaish [[abundantly]] [[with]] [[something]], to [[heap]] [[upon]], [[give]] to, to [[enrich]], [[endow]], [[bless]], [[load]] [[with]]: lunae [[pars]] ignibus aucta, the [[part]] [[that]] is [[entirely]] [[filled]] [[with]] [[fire]], Lucr 5, 722: 3. 630: Tantā laetitiā [[auctus]] [[sum]], ut nil constet, poët, ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14 oaque vos omnia [[bene]] juvetis, bonis auctibus auxitis, old form of [[prayer]] in Liv. 29, 27: [[alter]] te [[scientia]] augere potest, altera exemplis, the one can [[enrich]] [[you]] [[with]] [[learning]], the [[other]] [[furnish]] [[you]] [[with]] examples, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1: aliquid divitiis, id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: commodis, id. Phil. 11, 14 fin.: [[senectus]] augeri solet consilio, auctoritate, sententiā, id. Sen. 6, 17: gratulatione, id. Phil. 14, 6: honore, id. ib. 9, 6: honoribus, Hor. S. 1, 6, 11; so Tac. A. 6, 8: honoribus praemiisque, Suet. Caes. 52; id. Vit. 5: augeri [[damno]], to be enriched [[with]] a [[loss]] (said [[comically]]), Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15: liberalitate, Tac. A. 3, 8: largitione, id. ib. 13, 18: nomine imperatorio, id. ib. 1, 3: cognomento Augustae, id. ib. 12, 26 et saep.—Also [[without]] abl.: Di me [[equidem]] omnes adjuvant, augent, amant, Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 27, and id. Ep. 2, 2, 8: aliquem augere [[atque]] ornare, to [[advance]], Cic. Fam. 7, 17: aut augendi alterius aut minuendi sui causā aliquid dicere, id. Part. Or. 6, 22 [[solum]] te commendat augetque temporis [[spatium]], honors, Plin. [[Pan]]. 24; so id. ib. 26; Suet. Claud. 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In the lang. of [[religion]], t. t. ([[like]] mactare, adolere, etc.), to [[honor]], [[reverence]], [[worship]] by offerings: Aliquid [[cedo]], Qui vicini hanc nostram augeam aram [Apoliinis], Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 10: si quā [[ipse]] meis venatibus auxi, etc., Verg. A. 9, 407.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[grow]], [[increase]], [[become]] greater ([[rare]]; syn.: [[augesco]], [[cresco]], [[incresco]]; on this [[use]] of vbs. com. [[act]]., v. Ellis ad Cat. 22, 11): eo res eorum auxit, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7: [[usque]] [[adeo]] parcunt [[fetus]] augentque labore, Lucr. 2, 1163: ignoscendo populi Romani magnitudinem auxisse, Sall. H. 1 (Fragm. Orat. Philipp. [[contra]] Lepid. § 6): O [[decus]] eximium magnis virtutibus augens, Cat. 64, 323: balnea Romae ad infinitum auxere numerum, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; 2, 16, 13, § 71: veram potentiam augere, Tac. A. 4, 41 (Halm, augeri).—Hence, [[auctus]], a, um, P. a., enlarged, increased, [[great]], [[abundant]]; in [[posit]]. [[only]] as subst.: auctum vocabatur [[spatium]], [[quod]] [[super]] definitum modum victoriae adjungitur, Paul. Ex Fest. p. 14 Müll. —Comp.: tanto mi [[aegritudo]] auctior est in [[animo]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 2: auctior est animi vis, Lucr. 3, 450: auctior et amplior majestas, Liv. 4, 2; 3, 68; 25, 16: auctius [[atque]] Di [[melius]] fecere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 3.—* Sup.: auctissima [[basis]], Treb. Gall. 18.—Adv. [[probably]] not in [[use]], for in App. Met. 4, p. 290 Oud., altius is the [[correct]] [[reading]].
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