English → Latin
“increase” in Latin
crēscōto rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment; to come to be; to become visible, spring from, ariaccrēscōto grow, increaseaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthenaugēscōto (begin to) grow, develop or increaseingravēscōto become heavy (or heavier); to become burdensome; to become worseinvalēscōto become strong; to strengthen; to increase, prevail, predominateēvalēscōto get stronger, to grow, to be strengthened; to be able; to come into fashioncorrōborōto make strong, strengthen, invigorate, corroborate, reinforce, fortify; to corroborate, support, encourage, fortify, stmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mmorbusa disease, illness, malady, sickness, disorder, distemper, ailment; a fault, vice, failing; sorrow, grief, distress
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
increase v.
TRANS., [Vid: To AUGMENT, To ENLARGE.]
INTRANS., crescere: accrescere (to grow; to increase., whether with reference to number, extent, or intensity): incrementum capere (to receive an increase in extent or magnitude): augeri: augescere (to be enlarged; to be increased in number or strength): ingravescere (to become heavier; PROP.; e.g., of bodies by exercise; and IMPROP., malum, morbus, studium): invalescere: evalescere (to become strong, prevalent, etc.; not prae-Augustan; consuetudo invalescit, Quint.; invalescentibus vitiis, Suet.; evalescere rami, flagella, Plin.; affectatio quietis in tumultum evaluit, Tac.): corroborari: se corrobare (to strengthen itself). The number of the enemy increases, numerus hostium crescit: the pains increase every day, dolores in dies crescunt: our friendship increased with our years, amicitia cum aetate accrevit simul: the disease increases, malum ingravescit or corroboratur.
increase s.
accretio (as act): amplificatio (act of enlarging in extent or bu’k; e.g., rei familiaris; honoris; gloriae): incrementum (as state). The increase and decrease of light, accretio et diminutio luminis: I perceive an increase of strength, *meas vires auctas sentio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for increase?
- The usual Latin words for “increase” are crēscō, accrēscō, augeō; also augēscō, ingravēscō, invalēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.