auctito

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

auctĭto, āre, v. doub. freq. [augeo, aucto], to increase or augment much (only in the two foll. exs.).

I Lit.: pecunias faenore, Tac. A. 6, 16.—

II In the lang. of sacrifices (cf.: augeo, auctifico, adoleo, macto, etc.), to honor by offerings : sacris numinum potentiam, Arn. 7, p. 220.

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