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.