augmentat

Augmentat is a Latin verb form meaning “he/she/it increases.” It is the third-person singular present active indicative of the first-conjugation verb augmentare, which means to increase or enlarge. The infinitive is augmentāre, and the principal parts are augmentō, augmentāre, augmentāvī, augmentātum. As a regular first-conjugation verb, its present active indicative endings are -ō, -ās, -at, -āmus, -ātis, -ant, yielding augmentat in the third person singular.

In addition to the present, augmentare verbs form common Latin tenses in the usual sequence: imperfect augmentabat, perfect augmentāvit, pluperfect augmentāverat, and future augmentabit. The passive voice forms include present augmentātur, imperfect augmentābatur, and so on. The meaning remains “to increase” in all contexts, whether talking about quantities, resources, or other measures.

Usage and examples: augmentat is used with a direct object in the accusative to indicate what is being increased. For example, “Rex copias augmentat” means “The king increases the troops.” Another example: “Civitas pecuniam augmentat” would be “The state increases money (or wealth).” In literary Latin, augmentare can appear in moral or political discussions about growth, expansion, or amplification of resources, and the form augmentat commonly appears in narrative and exhortation.

See also: Latin verbs, first-conjugation paradigms, and the concept of infinitives and principal parts in Latin grammar.