augmentatio

Latin

Etymology

From augmentō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ɡ.menˈtaː.ti.oː/, [äu̯ɡmɛn̪ˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ɡ.menˈtat.t͡si.o/, [äu̯ɡmen̪ˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

augmentātiō f (genitive augmentātiōnis); third declension

1. increase
2. increment
3. advancement
4. augmentation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	augmentātiō	augmentātiōnēs
genitive	augmentātiōnis	augmentātiōnum
dative	augmentātiōnī	augmentātiōnibus
accusative	augmentātiōnem	augmentātiōnēs
ablative	augmentātiōne	augmentātiōnibus
vocative	augmentātiō	augmentātiōnēs

Antonyms

• dīminūtiō

Related terms

• augmentō

Descendants

• → Catalan: augmentació
• → English: augmentation
• → French: augmentation
• → Italian: aumentazione
• → Portuguese: aumentação
• → Romanian: augmentație
• → Spanish: aumentación

References

• augmentatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)