I.increase, as by Paul. ex Fest. p. 23, 11 Müll.; so Curtius. But Corssen and others, in view of its correct form, autumnus, refer it to the Sanscr. av, to do good to, to satisfy one's self; cf. the Gr. ἐνηνής (i.e. ἐνηϝής), good, kindly, and 2.aveo, to be well.] The season of abundance, the autumn.
I. Lit. (from the 22d of September to the 22d of December; “acc. to the designation of the ancients, from the entering of the sun into Libra until the setting of the Pleiades, comprising 91 days,” Varr. R. R. 1, 28): “quae temporis quasi naturam notant, hiems, ver, aestas, autumnus,” Cic. Part. Or. 11: “Vites autumno fundi suadente videmus,” Lucr. 1, 175: “Inde autumnus adit,” id. 5, 743: “pomifer,” Hor. C. 4, 7, 11: “varius purpureo colore,” id. ib. 2, 5, 11: “sordidus calcatis uvis,” Ov. M. 2, 29: letifer, sickly (on account of the diseases that prevail in autumn), Juv. 4, 56: “sub autumno,” Ov. A. A. 2, 315: “autumno adulto,” about the middle of autumn, Tac. A. 11, 31: “vergente,” drawing to a close, id. ib. 11, 4: “flexus autumni,” id. H. 5, 23 al.—In plur.: “Frustra per autumnos nocentem Corporibus metuemus Austrum,” Hor. C. 2, 14, 15; Ov. M. 1, 117; 3, 327.—*