LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

auctus1

auctus m (genitive auctūs)
Classical[ˈau̯k.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈau̯k.tus]

Meaning

  1. masculineincrease, augmentation, abundance

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeauctusauctūs
genitiveauctūsauctuum
dativeauctuīauctibus
accusativeauctumauctūs
ablativeauctūauctibus
vocativeauctusauctūs

auctus, ūs, m. augeo,
I. an increasing, augmenting; increase, growth, abundance (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.; syn. incrementum; post-class. augmentum).
I. Lit.: corporis auctus, Lucr. 2, 482; 5, 1171: Hic natura suis refrenat viribus auctum, id. 2, 1121; 5, 846; 6, 327: auxilium appellatum ab auctu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.: vos (Divi Divaeque) bonis auctibus auxitis, Liv. 29, 27; 4, 2: aquarum, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 79; Tac. A. 1, 56: diei, Plin. 2, 19, 17, § 81.—Poet.: caedere arboris auctum, the abundance of a tree, for a large tree, Lucr. 6, 168; so, nec lorica tenet distenti corporis auctum, Luc. 9, 797.—
II. Trop.: auctus imperii, Tac. A. 2, 33; so id. H. 4, 63: hujus viri fastigium tantis auctibus fortuna extulit ut, etc., Vell. 2, 40, 4: bellum cotidiano auctu majus, id. 2, 129 fin.: immensis auctibus aliquem extollere, Tac. H. 4, 28: augusta dicantur ab auctu, etc., from the increase, enhancement of a prosperous condition, Suet. Aug. 7 fin.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin auctus From augeō + -tus (forming action nouns).

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
auctus2
auctus (feminine aucta, neuter auctum, comparative auctior)
Classical[ˈau̯k.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈau̯k.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveenriched
  2. adjectiveenlarged
  3. adjectiveamplified
  4. adjectiveincreased

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeauctusaucta
auta		auctum
autum
genitiveauctī
autī		auctae
autae		auctī
autī
dativeauctō
autō		auctae
autae		auctō
autō
accusativeauctum
autum		auctam
autam		auctum
autum
ablativeauctō
autō		auctā
autā		auctō
autō
vocativeaucte
aute		aucta
auta		auctum
autum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeauctī
autī		auctae
autae		aucta
auta
genitiveauctōrum
autōrum		auctārum
autārum		auctōrum
autōrum
dativeauctīs
autīs		auctīs
autīs		auctīs
autīs
accusativeauctōs
autōs		auctās
autās		aucta
auta
ablativeauctīs
autīs		auctīs
autīs		auctīs
autīs
vocativeauctī
autī		auctae
autae		aucta
auta

auctus, a, um, v. augeo, P. a.

Origins

Perfect passive participle of augeō.

Quick answers

What does auctus mean in Latin?
auctus, a noun, means “increase, augmentation, abundance”.
What is the genitive of auctus?
The genitive singular is auctūs. auctus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce auctus?
In classical Latin, [ˈau̯k.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈau̯k.tus].