augeo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning to increase
Literal translation to grow
Variants
augeo
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to increase mathematical quantity

his usque ad Chelas horarum partibus aucta per totidem e Libra decrescent sidera partes.

‘With these fractions of hours the signs increase as far as the Claws; with the same gradations they will decrease after Libra.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.413 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 194-195

to add mathematical operation, arithmetical operation

Sed, cum bis denas augebit septima partes Lanigeri, surgent Hyades.

‘The Hyades will rise when twenty degrees of the Ram are augmented by a seventh.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 5.118 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 308-309

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). augeo (Lemma #2373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2373/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). augeo (Lemma #2373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2373/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). augeo (Lemma #2373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2373/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) augeo (Lemma #2373), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2373/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2373,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {augeo ({Lemma} #2373)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2373/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2373/},
}