LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

augeō

augeō (present infinitive augēre, perfect active auxī, supine auctum)
Classical[ˈau̯.ɡe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaːu̯.d͡ʒe.o]
№ 709 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand
    augeri amplificariqueto be increased and expanded45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 1.38
  2. to lengthen
  3. to raise, strengthen
  4. to exaggerate
  5. to honor, enrich
  6. figurativelyto exalt, praise

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

maius faciō; ligna flammam augent.
augeō -ēre auxī — in Mille Verba, Thermae
increases
auget — in Seneca, ch. XIV

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.augeōaugēbamaugēbōauxīauxeramauxerō
2nd sg.augēsaugēbāsaugēbisauxistīauxerāsauxeris
3rd sg.augetaugēbataugēbitauxitauxeratauxerit
1st pl.augēmusaugēbāmusaugēbimusauximusauxerāmusauxerimus
2nd pl.augētisaugēbātisaugēbitisauxistisauxerātisauxeritis
3rd pl.augentaugēbantaugēbuntauxērunt
auxēre		auxerantauxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.augeamaugēremauxerimauxissem
2nd sg.augeāsaugērēsauxerīsauxissēs
3rd sg.augeataugēretauxeritauxisset
1st pl.augeāmusaugērēmusauxerīmusauxissēmus
2nd pl.augeātisaugērētisauxerītisauxissētis
3rd pl.augeantaugērentauxerintauxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.augeoraugēbaraugēbor
2nd sg.augēris
augēre		augēbāris
augēbāre		augēberis
augēbere
3rd sg.augēturaugēbāturaugēbitur
1st pl.augēmuraugēbāmuraugēbimur
2nd pl.augēminīaugēbāminīaugēbiminī
3rd pl.augenturaugēbanturaugēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.augearaugērer
2nd sg.augeāris
augeāre		augērēris
augērēre
3rd sg.augeāturaugērētur
1st pl.augeāmuraugērēmur
2nd pl.augeāminīaugērēminī
3rd pl.augeanturaugērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.augēaugēre
pres. 2nd pl.augēteaugēminī
fut. 2nd sg.augētōaugētor
fut. 3rd sg.augētōaugētor
fut. 2nd pl.augētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.augentōaugentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaugēreaugērī
augērier
perfect infinitiveauxisseauctum esse
future infinitiveauctūrum esseauctum īrī
present participleaugēns—
perfect participle—auctus
future participleauctūrus
auctūra, auctūrā, auctūrae, auctūram, auctūrārum, auctūrās, auctūre, auctūrī, auctūrīs, auctūrō, auctūrōrum, auctūrōs, auctūrum		augendus
augenda, augendā, augendae, augendam, augendārum, augendās, augende, augendīs, augendōrum, augendōs
gerundaugendī, augendō, augendumsupineauctum, auctū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

flumen imbribus auctum
a river swollen by the rain.
scientia augere aliquem
to enrich a person's knowledge.
rem publicam augere, amplificare
to aggrandise, extend the power of the state.
animum alicui augere (B. G. 7. 70)
to increase a person's courage.
aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo auget
his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...
dicendo augere, amplificare aliquid (opp. dicendo extenuare aliquid)
to lend lustre to a subject by one's description.
aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
to honour, show respect for, a person.

augĕo, auxi, auctum, 2, v. a. and n. (
I. 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].
I. 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).
A. 1.. 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.—
2. 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.—
B. Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to furnish 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.—
C. 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.—
II. 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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeo Inherited from Proto-Italic *augeō, from earlier *augejō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti, from *h₂ewg-. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *aukaną, Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō), Lithuanian áugti, and, via Iranian, Old Armenian վաշխ (vašx). Akin to English eke.

In English words that came into English from augeō

  • authorauctor
  • auctionauctiō
  • auxiliaryauxiliārius
  • augmentaugmentare
  • augendaugendum
  • authorizeauctorizo
  • augustaugustus
  • auctorialauctor
  • octroyauctōrizō
  • octroiauctōrizāre

Quick answers

What does augeō mean in Latin?
augeō, a verb, means “to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthen”.
What are the principal parts of augeō?
augeō, augēre, auxī, auctum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce augeō?
In classical Latin, [ˈau̯.ɡe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaːu̯.d͡ʒe.o].
Which English words come from augeō?
English words that go back to Latin augeō include augend, author, auction, august, auctorial and auxiliary.