adiuvo
See also: adiuvò
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adiuvo
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Etymology edit
From ad- (“towards”) + iuvō (“to help”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈad.i̯u.u̯oː/, [ˈäd̪i̯uː̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈad.ju.vo/, [ˈäd̪juvo].
Verb edit
adiuvō (present infinitive adiuvāre, perfect active adiūvī, supine adiūtum); first conjugation
- to help, assist
- to be useful
- (figuratively) to cheer
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In very rare circumstances, the perfect is adiuvāvī and the supine is adiuvātum.
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References edit
- “adjuvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adiuvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Enrico Olivett. Dizionario Latino