To comfort

    sōlācium (not sōlātium), ī, n    [3 SAL-], a soothing, assuaging, comfort, relief, consolation, solace: haec sunt solacia, haec fomenta summorum dolorum: adversis (rebus) solacium praebere: vacare culpā magnum est solacium: (mihi) absenti solacia dedistis: solacia Dixit, O.: cuius luctus nullo solacio levari potest: tumulo solacia posco, O.: mortis en solacium! Ph.: fore etiam reliquis ad suam spem solacio, Cs.: hic parenti suo magno solacio in laboribus fuit: aves, solacia ruris, consolers, O.: dicta, duri solacia casūs, V.— Satisfaction, compensation: ex tuā calamitate ossibus fili sui solacium reportare, i. e. satisfaction: sine solacio agere, Ta.

    sōlor ātus, ārī, dep.    [3 SAL-], to comfort, console, solace: lenire dolentem Solando, V.: inopem et aegrum, H.: solantia tollite verba! your words of comfort, O.— To soothe, ease, lighten, lessen, relieve, assuage, mitigate: Concussā famem quercu, V.: fluviis aestum, H.: cantu laborem, V.: lacrimas, O.: quamvis repulsam spes soletur, Ta.: (virginem) posthabitam decies sestertii dote, Ta.

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    cōnsōlātiō ōnis, f    [consolor], a consoling, consolation, comfort: uti consolatione: non egere consolatione: senectutem nullā consolatione permulcere: litterarum tuarum: malorum: consolationibus levari.— A consolatory discourse: Ciceronis.—An encouragement, alleviation: timoris. I II

    sōlāmen inis    [solor], a comfort, relief, solace, consolation: mali, V.

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    ad-levō (all-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to lift up, raise, set up: oculos, Cu.: (laqueis) adlevati (milites), S.: cubito artūs, O. — Fig., to lighten, alleviate, comfort, console: aerumnam dictis: adlevatum corpus tuum, recovered from sickness: adlevor.— To diminish in force, lessen: adversariorum confirmationem.

    amoenitās ātis, f    [amoenus], pleasantness, delightfulness: hortorum: cuius (domūs), N.: urbium, L.: vitae, Ta.— Plur: litorum.

    cōn-sōlor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to encourage, animate, console, cheer, comfort: alqm, Cs.: alqm in miseriis: Piliam meis verbis, in my name: alqd consolandi tui gratiā dicere: me ipse illo solacio, quod, etc.: se per litteras: consolando iuvero, T.: officia consolantium: quo consolante doleres? who would console you? O.: consolatus rogat, encouraging him, Cs.—To mitigate, alleviate, lighten, relieve, soothe: doloris diuturnitatem: brevitatem vitae posteritatis memoriā: desiderium tui spe.

    dolēns entis, adj. with comp.    [P. of doleo], causing pain, distressing: alia (dicere) illis dolentia, S.: nil dolentius, O.— Afflicted: lenire dolentem, to comfort the sufferer, V.: dolentem Delenit usus, H.: dolentes, the mourners, O.

    excitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [excio], to call out, summon forth, bring out, wake, rouse: me e somno: sopitum mero regem, Cu.: scuto offenso excitatus vigil, L.: reum consularem, summon: testīs ab inferis: cervum latibulis, Ph.— To raise, stir up: (vapores) a sole ex aquis excitantur: ventus harenam humo excitavit, S.— To raise, erect, build, construct, produce, kindle: vetat sepulcrum e lapide excitari: aras, V.: nova sarmenta culturā excitantur, are produced: ignem, Cs.: sopitas ignibus aras (i. e. ignīs sopitos in aris), V.—Fig., to raise up, comfort, arouse, awaken, excite, incite, stimulate, enliven, inspire: iacentem animum: animos ad laetitiam: Gallos ad bellum, Cs.: studia ad utilitates nostras: sonus excitat omnis Suspensum, startles, V.: hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari putant, the strongest incentive to virtue, Cs.— To appeal to, call upon, cite: ex annalium monimentis testīs: multos testīs liberalitatis tuae.— To found, cause, occasion, excite, kindle: quantum mali ex eā re, T.: quibus fundamentis hae tantae laudes excitatae sint: risūs: iras, V.

    hīc or hic f haec, n hōc or hoc (old, hōce, T.), gen. hūius (old, hūiusce, T., C.), plur. hī (hīsce, T.), f hae (old, haec, T., V.), n    haec, gen. hōrum (hōrunc, T.—With the enclitic ne, usu. hicine; i. e. * hice-ne), pron dem.—Of that which is at hand; in space, this... here, this: hae fores, T.: hic locus: Quincti huius frater, of my client: hic paries, H.: quis homo hic est? H.—As subst: quid hic faciet, T.: pro his dicere: huius non faciam, sha'n't care that, T.—In time, this, the present, the current, the actual: hic dies, T.: tertium iam hunc annum regnans, Cs.: ad hoc tempus, till now, S.: hae quae me premunt aerumnae, S.: Hic tertius December, H.: hi ignavissumi homines, of the present day, S.—As subst: haec vituperare, the present time: si hoc non fuga est, what we are doing, L.—Of that which has just been described or named, this: quae haec est fabula? T.: hoc negotium, S.: his de causis: haec edicta: haec quae scripsi, S.: hoc timore adductus (i. e. huius rei timore), Cs.—As subst: hoc agam, will make it my business, T.: id egit Sestius, did so: pluris Hoc mihi eris, so much, H.: Nil me paeniteat huius patris, such, H.: laudabit haec Illius formam, tu huius contra, of the latter, T.: in his undis iactari: Occupat hic collem, cumbā sedet alter, O.— Of the principal subject of thought: tibi nuptiae haec sunt Cordi, T.: quidquid huius feci, have done in this affair, T.—In antithesis, of the principal, though not last-named subject, the former, the one: et mittentibus et missis laeta, nam et illis.. et hi (i. e. mittentes), L.: Mullum... lupos... illis (lupis)... his (mullis), H.—Of that which is about to be described or named, this, the following, the one: hoc quod sum dicturus: si haec condicio consulatūs data est, ut, etc.: documenta haec habeo, quod, etc., S.: Regibus hic mos est, ubi, etc., H.: his verbis epistulam misisse, N.—As subst: haec facere, ut habeas, etc., T.: Quanto melius hic qui, etc., H.: hoc modo locutum, S.: hoc facilius, quod, etc., Cs.—In antithesis: orator, non ille volgaris, sed hic excellens, etc.; cf. laudatur ab his, culpatur ab illis, some... others, H.: Hic atque ille, one and another, H.: hic... hic, one... another, H.: Carmina compono, hic elegos, another, H.—Esp., this man, myself: Hunc hominem tradere, H.: hoc latus (i. e. meum), H. —With gen: mi hoc negoti dedere, ut, etc. (i. e. hoc negotium), T.: capit hoc consili: hoc tamen boni est, so much of good: hoc commodi est, quod, etc., there is this comfort.—With impers verb: Luciscit hoc iam, lo! how it grows light! T.—In the phrase, hoc est, that is, that is to say, namely, I mean: id Fannius societati, hoc est Roscio, debebat: ad nobilitatem, hoc est, ad suos transisse. —In the phrase, hoc erat, quod...? was it for this that...?: Hoc erat quod me per tela Eripis, ut? etc., V.

    levō āvī (old fut perf. levāssō, Enn. ap. C.), ātus, āre    [1 levis], to lift up, raise, elevate: sese, V.: Se de caespite, rise, O.: levat aura cycnum, H.: cubito levatus, O.— To make lighter, lighten, relieve, ease: iumenta sarcinis levari iubet, S.: te fasce, V.: serpentum colla levavit, i. e. relieved (of his weight), O.: Fronde nemus, strip, V.: sed nec Damna levant, lighten the ship, Iu.— To take away, take: furcā levat ille bicorni Sordida terga suis, takes down, O.: viro manicas levari iubet, V.— Fig., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support: me levant tuae litterae: luctum solacio: Auxilio viros, V.: curam animi sermone: fonte sitim, slake, O.— To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate: sumptum sibi, T.: inopiam, Cs.: salutari arte fessos Corporis artūs, H.: poenam honore, O.: vario viam sermone, V.: calamitatem innocentium: volnerum metum: paupertatem propinqui, Iu.— To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: inconstantiā levatur auctoritas: Multa fidem promissa levant, H.— To relieve, release, discharge, free: quod hibernis (civitas) levetur, Cs.: me hoc onere: Volsci levati metu, L.: qui hac opinione opera levandi sunt: pectora sollicitudinibus, H.: curā levata, O. — To avert: omen, V.: ictum dextrā, H. I II

    lēvō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 lēvis], to make smooth, polish: levato ferro Spicula, V.—Fig., to polish, smoothe: nimis aspera sano cultu, H. I II

    medeor —, ērī, dep.    [3 MA-], to heal, cure, remedy, be good for: cui (morbo) mederi (volet): volneribus: medendis corporibus, L.: ars medendi, the healing art, O.—Fig., to remedy, succor, relieve, amend, correct, restore: violentia Turni aegrescit medendo, i. e. by opposition, V.: invidiae, S.: capiti Rosci, i. e. defend the life: dies stultis quoque mederi solet: inopiae frumentariae, Cs.: ignorantiae lectorum, provide against, N.: quas (cupiditates) mederi possis, T.

    sōlāciolum (not sōlāt-), i, n dim.    [solacium], a little comfort, little solace: sui doloris, Ct.