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aucto , āre,
I.v. freq. [augeo], to increase or enlarge much (perh. only in the foll. exs.): “res rationesque vostrorum omnium Bono atque amplo auctare lucro,” Plaut. Am. prol. 6: “Unde omnis natura creet res auctet alatque,” Lucr. 1, 56: “Salve, teque bonā Juppiter auctet ope,” Cat. 67, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.prol
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.56
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