augmentum (in MSS. also augu-mentum), i, n. augeo, an increase, growth, augmentation (very rare; mostly post-Aug.). Lit.: augmentum corporis, Vulg. Eph. 4, 16: crescit in augmentum Dei, ib. Col. 2, 19: augmentum aut deminutio, Dig. 2, 13, 8: fundi, ib. 2, 30, 8: lunae, Pall. 13, 6 al.

—Plur.: dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum, Vulg. Prov. 4, 9; ib. 2 Macc. 9, 11.

— In the lang. of religion (cf. augeo, I. C.), a kind of sacrificial cake, Varr. L. L. 5, § 112 Mull.; so Arn. 7, p. 231 (where others read augmina).