rescue (subs.) Copy link • rescue (subs.): no exact equiv.: expr. by a verb or phr.: to come to the r. of his son, filio subvenire, Caes. B. G. 5, 35: come to their r., subveni illis, Pl. Rud. 3, 2, 43: nor is there the smallest hope of a r., ulla nec specula est quae salutem afferat, id. ib. 3, 3, 3: a means of r., ratio expediendae salutis, Cic. Mil. 4, 10.