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).

Case	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.