comfort (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. sōlātium (oft. in pl.)2. consōlātio (the act of comforting)3. (fig.) • comfort (subs.): 1. sōlātium (oft. in pl.): it is a great c. (or solace, q. v.) to be free from blame, vacare culpa, magnum est s., Cic.: to afford c., solatia praebere, Ov. 2. consōlātio (the act of comforting): to need c. from others, aliorum c. indigere, S. Sulp. ap. Cic.: to give no small c., non mediocrem c. afferre, Cic. 3. (fig.): mĕdĭcīna: I do not require c.: I am my own consoler, non egeo medicina: me ipse consolor, Cic. Am. 3, 10. Phr.: the cs of daily life, *quotidiani usus commoda.