augmen

augmen

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgmn̥
Latin augmen

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgmn̥. By surface analysis, augeō (“to greaten”) +‎ -men.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    augmen n (genitive augminis); third declension

    1. increase, enlargement, augmentation, growth
      Synonym: augmentum

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative augmen augmina
    genitive augminis augminum
    dative augminī augminibus
    accusative augmen augmina
    ablative augmine augminibus
    vocative augmen augmina

    References

    • “augmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “augmen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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