ŏpĭtŭlor

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ŏpĭtŭlor, ātus, 1 (old inf. pres. opitularier; v. in the foll.), v. dep. n. [ops-tulo, whence tuli], to bring aid; to help, aid, assist, succor (class.;

syn.: adjuvo, subvenio, auxilior, succurro): amanti ire opitulatum,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 27:

amicum amico opitularier,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 54:

sontibus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

inopiae,

to relieve, Sall. C. 33, 2:

permultum ad dicendum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 7:

frequentatio, quae conjecturalibus causis opitulatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 53.—

With contra, to be good against, to relieve; of remedies:

contra vanas species opitulari,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 103.

► Act. collat. form ŏpĭtŭlo, āre (anteclass.): corrige, opitula, Liv. And. ap. Non. 475, 11.

ŏpĭtŭlor, ātus, 1 (old inf. pres. opitularier; v. in the foll.), v. dep. n. [ops-tulo, whence tuli], to bring aid; to help, aid, assist, succor (class.;

syn.: adjuvo, subvenio, auxilior, succurro): amanti ire opitulatum,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 27:

amicum amico opitularier,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 54:

sontibus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

inopiae,

to relieve, Sall. C. 33, 2:

permultum ad dicendum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 7:

frequentatio, quae conjecturalibus causis opitulatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 53.—

With contra, to be good against, to relieve; of remedies:

contra vanas species opitulari,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 103.

► Act. collat. form ŏpĭtŭlo, āre (anteclass.): corrige, opitula, Liv. And. ap. Non. 475, 11.

auxĭlĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [auxilium], to give help or aid, to help, aid, assist, succor (syn.: juvo, adjuvo, opitulor, subvenio, succurro).

In gen. (class. but rare; in Cic. perh. only once in his Epistt.), constr. with dat.:

alicui,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 102:

nonne id flagitiumst te aliis consilium dare, tibi non potis esse auxiliarier?

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 50; Cic. Fam. 5, 4; Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.; 4, 29; Sall. J. 24, 3; Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22; Vulg. 4 Reg. 14, 26; ib. Psa. 88, 44; ib. Heb. 2, 18: nihil Numantinis vires corporis auxiliatae sunt, Auct. ad Her. 4, 27.—

Esp., of the aid of a physician, to aid, to relieve, heal, cure; constr. with dat. or contra:

Nec (medicina) formidatis auxiliatur aquis,

Ov. P. 1, 3, 24:

ferulam quibusdam morbis auxiliari dicunt medici,

Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 125:

phalangites auxiliantur contra scorpionum ictus,

id. 27, 12, 98, § 124.

Act. access. form auxĭlĭo, āre, to give aid, etc.: alicui, Gracch. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

Auxilior in pass. signif.:

a me auxiliatus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. pp. 791 and 927 P.: consonantes sunt in quibus (vox) ab imis auxiliata egrediatur ad aures disertā verborum claritate,

Vitr. 5, 8, 2.

jŭvo, jūvi, jūtum, 1 (juvaturus, Sall. J. 47, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 13:

iuerint,

Cat. 66, 18), v. a. and n. [perh. root div-, to gleam; cf. dies], to help, aid, assist, support, benefit (cf.: auxilior, subvenio, opitulor).

In gen.:

qui se natos ad homines juvandos, tutandos, conservandos arbitrantur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

beatae vitae disciplinam juvare,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

aliquem omni suo studio in petitione,

id. Fam. 11, 17, 2:

aliquem auxilio laboris,

id. Balb. 9:

hostes frumento,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

juvit facundia causam,

Ov. M. 7, 505:

imbres arva juvantes,

id. A. A. 1, 647:

(Juppiter) juvat imbribus agros,

id. P. 2, 1, 13:

aliquem portuque locoque,

by receiving into harbor and house, id. H. 2, 55:

nudum hospitio tectoque,

Juv. 3, 211:

pectora alloquio,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 18:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

id. M. 10, 586:

audentes Fortuna juvat,

Verg. A. 10, 284:

aliquem in aliqua re,

Cat. 68, 41.—With two acc.:

aliquid Rutulos,

Verg. A. 10, 84. —Of medical assistance:

qui salutari juvat arte fessos,

Hor. C. S. 63; Ov. Tr. 2, 270; Plin. 23, 1, 10, § 14: dis juvantibus or deo juvante, with God's help:

me, dis juvantibus, ante brumam exspecta,

Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 2; id. N. D. 2, 66, 165; cf.:

non denique quicquam aliud nisi juvantibus sacris deligunt,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21.—In pass.:

lex Cornelia proscriptum juvari vetat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

viatico a me juvabitur,

Liv. 44, 22:

precor, quaeras, qua sim tibi parte juvandus,

Ov. P. 4, 12 fin.:

placuit sollertia, tempore etiam juta,

Tac. A. 14, 4 init. (al. adjuta):

nec sola (lingua) loquendi munus implere potest, nisi juta, etc.,

Lact. Opif. D. 10, 13.— Impers., juvat, it is of use; with a subject-clause:

juvat Ismara Baccho Conserere,

Verg. G. 2, 37:

quid docuisse juvabat?

Ov. M. 7, 858; cf.:

quid juvat esse deum?

id. ib. 13, 965.—

In partic., to delight, gratify, please:

juvare in utroque (in sensu et in animo) dicitur: ex eoque jucundum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14. —In this sense rarely as a personal verb: nec umquam quicquam me juvat quod edo domi;

Foris... quod gusto id beat,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 34:

non omnis arbusta juvant humilesque myricae,

Verg. E. 4, 2:

nec me vita juvaret, invisa civibus et militibus meis,

Liv. 28, 27:

si nec fabellae te juvant nec fabulae,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 22:

multos castra juvant,

Hor. C. 1, 23:

aurem juvantia verba,

Ov. A. A. 2, 159.—In pass.:

refer ad aures, probabunt: quaere, cur? ita se dicent juvari,

Cic. Or. 48, 159.—More freq. impers., juvat (aliquem), with subject-clause, it delights, pleases, I (thou, he, etc.) am delighted, take pleasure in:

juvit me, tibi tuas litteras profuisse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 3:

juvat me haec praeclara nomina artificum... concidisse,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

juvat evasisse tot urbes Argolicas,

id. ib. 3, 282:

insano juvat indulgere labori,

id. ib. 6, 135:

si pereo, hominum manibus periisse juvabit,

id. ib. 3, 606:

quae scire magis juvat quam prodest,

Sen. Ep. 106.