auxerunt

Auxerunt is the third-person plural perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb augeo, augere, auxi, auctum, meaning to increase or enlarge. In English translations, it is rendered as “they increased” or “they have increased.” The form appears in classical Latin texts to report a completed action in the past and typically governs a direct object in the accusative case, indicating what is increased.

Etymology and related forms: The verb belongs to the augere family, with the root aug-. It is the source of English words such as augment and augmentation, which reflect the same core idea of making something larger or greater. The perfect form auxerunt is one of several tense–mood forms derived from this verb.

Usage notes: Auxerunt is most common in prose and poetry of ancient Latin, where authors describe additions to wealth, troops, land, or power. As a perfect active form, it conveys a completed action, often within narrative or historical contexts. It is transitive, requiring a direct object in the accusative to specify what was increased (for example, exercitum “the army,” pecuniam “money,” or vectigalia “tax revenues”).

Examples: Exercitum auxerunt. They increased the army. Pecuniam auxerunt. They increased the money or funds.

See also: augeo, augere, augment (English cognate), augmentation, Latin verbs of growth and increase.