help (v.) Copy link Outline I. To furnish aidII. To serve with portions of food1. porrĭgo, rexi, ctum, 32. dīvĭdo, vīsi, sum, 33. carpo, 3 (to cut up)III. To avoid, prevent • help (v.): I. To furnish aid: jŭvo, adjŭvo, subvĕnio, succurro, etc.: v. to assist. See also to contribute (II.), facilitate. Phr.: so h. me God, ita me di (bene) ament, Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 13: medius fidius, Cic.: Plin. jun. II. To serve with portions of food: 1. porrĭgo, rexi, ctum, 3: Hor. S. 1, 8, 30: Petr. 34. 2. dīvĭdo, vīsi, sum, 3: Petr. 33; 40, extr. 3. carpo, 3 (to cut up): v. to carve. Phr.: we h. ourselves to the choicest things, res electissimas aggredimur, Petr. 36. III. To avoid, prevent: Phr.: I can't h. exclaiming, non possum quin exclamem, Pl. in Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39; but facere non possum quin, is more usual, Cic. Att. 12, 27: what can't be h.'d, quidquid corrigere est nefas, Hor. Od. 1, 24, extr.: it can't be h.'d, fieri non potest aliter, Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4.