auctum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →augeo, augere, auxi, auctus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
increase, enlarge, augment; spread; honor, promote, raise; exalt; make a lot of;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →auctus, aucta -um, auctior -or -us, auctissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
enlarged, large, abundant, ample; richer/increased in power/wealth/importance;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →auctus, auctus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
growth, increase, enlargement, act of increasing; accession; prosperity; bulk;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...caedere si quem ancipiti videas ferro procul arboris auctum, ante fit ut cernas ictum quam plaga per auris..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...portenta creabat, ne quiquam, quoniam natura absterruit auctum nec potuere cupitum aetatis tangere florem nec reperire cibum..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...debet consistere rebus, hic natura suis refrenat viribus auctum. nam quae cumque vides hilaro grandescere adauctu paulatimque gradus..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...carmina nosse libet, Pompeium quaeres — et nosti forsitan — Auctum; Vltoris prima Martis in aede sedet: iure madens uarioque..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...illam ulli nisi antistites calcant); illa primum saxa auctum fluminis sentiunt. Post magnum deinde spatium duo eminent scopuli..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...enim micant fulmina, procellaeque quatiunt mare tunc primum auctum fluminum accessu et sibi angustum: iam enim promouet litus..."Praefatio
Titus Livius (Livy) from AB VRBE CONDITA LIBRI
"...viros quibusque artibus domi militiaeque et partum et auctum imperium sit; labente deinde paulatim disciplina velut desidentes primo..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...congesto corpore mersus, nec lorica tenet distenti pectoris auctum. spumeus accenso non sic exundat aeno undarum cumulus..."
