augmen

Latin

Etymology

From augeō (“I greaten”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯ɡ.men/, [ˈäu̯ɡmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯ɡ.men/, [ˈäu̯ɡmen]

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.