forsan+et+haec+olim+meminisse+juvabit

ōlim, adv. [ole, olle, ollus or olus, archaic for ille, with locative ending -im, = illo tempore, v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 523], lit., at that (sc. remote) time; hence,

Of past time, some time ago, once upon a time, once, formerly, in time past, whilom, erst (freq. and class.; syn. quondam): versibu' quos olim Fauni vatesque canebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.):

ut fuit olim Sisyphus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 46:

sic enim olim loquebantur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

olim, vel nuper,

id. Div. 2, 25, 55;

so corresp. to hoc tempore,

id. Fam. 7, 24, 1:

olim...mox,

Tac. H. 1, 67:

ut erant olim,

Cic. Att. 12, 39, 2; cf.:

alium esse censes nunc me, atque olim,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 13; Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2:

gens olim armis, mox memoriā nominis clara,

Tac. H. 7, 67:

fuit olim senex: ei filiae Duae erant,

there was once an old man, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 33.—

Transf.

From the meaning in times past is derived that of since ever (Germ. von jener), what used to happen, was, is, the old custom; hence, in propositions which state, as the result cf experience, that any thing is wont to take place, at times (only ante-class. and poet.):

nunc lenonum plus est fere, Quam olim muscarum'st, cum caletur maxime,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 45; cf. id. Mil. 1, 1, 2; id. Poen. 1, 2, 143; cf. also id. Trin. 2, 4, 123:

saxum tumidis submersum tunditur olim Fluctibus, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 125; id. ib. 8, 391:

ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi Doctores,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 25 Orell.:

ut calceus olim, Si pede major erit, subvertet, si minor, uret,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 42; id. C. 4, 4, 5:

parentis olim si quis impiā manu Senile guttur fregerit,

id. Epod. 3, 1:

ut olim Amisso dubiae rege vagantur apes,

Ov. F. 3, 555:

color oris erat, qui frondibus olim Esse solet seris,

id. ib. 6, 149; id. M. 14, 429:

an quid est olim homini salute melius?

ever, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 128:

vestra meos olim si fistula dicat amores,

if ever, Verg. E. 10, 34.—

Now for a long time, this good while, long ago (mostly post-Aug.;

not in Cic.): olim non librum in manus sumpsi: olim nescio, quid sit otium,

Plin. Ep. 8, 9, 1:

audio quid veteres olim moneatis amici,

Juv. 6, 346:

nullas mihi epistulas mittas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 11, 1:

provisum erat,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

corruptis moribus,

id. ib. 14, 15:

olim jam nec perit quicquam mihi nec acquiritur,

Sen. Ep. 77, 3.—

Of the future, one day, on a future day, at a future time, hereafter (rare but class.): audire edepol lubet. St. Primum omnium olim terra quom proscinditur, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 122:

utinam coram tecum olim, potius quam per epistulas!

Cic. Att. 11, 4, 1:

exoriare aliquis ultor...Nunc, olim, quocumque dabunt se tempore vires,

Verg. A. 4, 625; cf.:

non si male nunc et olim Sic erit,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 17:

forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

numquid ego illi Imprudens olim faciam simile?

Hor. S. 1, 4, 137:

vir nominabitur,

Quint. 10, 1, 104.

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.