augesco Latin · revision 32784

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *h₂eug-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''augēscō''' (present infinitive augēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

+ The OLD gives the perfect ''auxī''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|augeō|-scō|t1=to increase]], the inchoative of the verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|augeō]] to [[itc-pro|*augeje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eug-|t=to grow]], comparing [[sa|उक्षति|tr=ukṣáti|t=grows]], [[grc|αὔξω|tr=aúxō|t=to increase]] and [[lt|áugti|t=to grow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius,^(de Vaan 2008) in whom hunger grows sharp for the enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to grow or increase in size, number or strength: Ennius addresses those who wish the Roman state and Latium to grow, Lucretius says some peoples increase while others decline, and Mela has the Po swollen by other rivers.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of seeds that arise and grow through warmth, Lucretius of arts that are still developing, Statius of shades honoured by a funeral.^(OLD 2012) Of feelings it is to grow stronger.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to increase.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of growing hunger.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of the growth of Rome.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of growing peoples and arts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of growing seeds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43/44 AD – Mela of a river swollen by others.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To increase in size, amount or number; of a river, to rise.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of living things, to [[m|en|grow]]; of arts, to develop.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To increase in power, [[m|en|prosper]]; to be honoured.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of a feeling or condition, to grow stronger.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adaugēscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[augeo|alt=augeō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}