augmen Latin · revision 34152

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la augeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈau̯ɡ.mɛn]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈau̯ɡ.men]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''augmen''' ''n'' (genitive augminis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|augeō|-men|t1=to increase]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary also sees in it an inherited formation, [[ine-pro|*h₂éwgmn̥]];^(Wiktionary) the TLL compares nouns in Lithuanian, “increment”, and in Sanskrit, “strength”.^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|augeō]] to [[itc-pro|*augeje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h2eug-eie-|t=to grow]].^(de Vaan 2008) The verb is cognate with [[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 and Köbler record it first in Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) for whom it is a favourite word:^(TLL) ''formarum novitatem corporis augmen subsequitur'', “an increase of bulk follows the newness of shapes”.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means an addition, increase or increment, and the result of increase, total mass or bulk.^(OLD 2012) The TLL calls it a Lucretian word,^(TLL) and Lewis & Short say it is found only before and after the classical period;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius also has it in the plural, as of nights that gain in length.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Arnobius uses it of a large snake, ''magnī augminis coluber'',^(Lewis & Short 1879) and, like ''augmentum'', of a piece added to a sacrificial victim.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) It also appears in a Christian inscription.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it often, of growth and of bulk.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 297–310 AD – Arnobius uses it of bulk and of a sacrificial offering.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|addition]], increase, [[m|en|increment]], [[m|en|growth]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The result of increase, total mass, [[m|en|bulk]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A piece added to a [[m|en|sacrificial]] victim.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adaugmen]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[augeō]]

+ * [[augmentum]]

+ * [[auctor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}