rescue (v.) Copy link Outline 1. ērĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to snatch away2. vindĭco, 1 (to claim; hence, with the words "in libertatem" understood, to r.)3. lībĕro, 14. servo, 1 (prop. to preserve unharmed) • rescue (v.): 1. ērĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to snatch away: constr. with ab, ex, de, or dat.): to r. his son from death, e. filium a morte, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25: to r. their country from the hands of the enemy, e. patriam ex hostium manibus, Liv. 5, 46, ad med.: to r. him from your severity, e. istum de vestra severitate, Cic. Verr. 5, 67, 173: r. me from these ills, eripe me his malis, Virg. Aen. 6, 365. 2. vindĭco, 1 (to claim; hence, with the words "in libertatem" understood, to r.): wisdom r.s us from the impulses of lust, sapientia nos a libidinum impetu vindicat, Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 46: to r. their name from oblivion, laudem eorum ab oblivione hominum v., id. de Or. 2, 2, 7. 3. lībĕro, 1: v. deliver, release. 4. servo, 1 (prop. to preserve unharmed): to r. from danger, s. ex periculo, Caes. B. C. 2, 41: v. save. Phr.: to r. him from death at the cost of their life, eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte redimere, Nep. Dion 10, 2: to r. from death, a morte revocare, reducere, Virg. Aen. 5, 476; 4, 375: to r. the needy, opem indigentibus salutemque ferre, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118 (cf. salutem absentibus hominibus dare, id. Lig. 12, 38): r.d from slavery, servitute exceptus, Liv. 33, 23.
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.
RESCUE Copy link • RESCUE 1. s. liberatio: conservatio: auxilium: Usually by the verb. 2. v. liberare aliquem aliqua re or ab aliqua re: servare, conservare, vindicare, eripere aliquem: salutem ferre, afferre, alicui: ad salutem vocare aliquem (Cic.). To rescue from death, eripere aliquem a morte, ex caede (Cic.): to rescue from danger, aliquem servare, eripere, ex periculo (Cic.): eripere aliquem periculo (Caes.): to rescue one’s country, patriam eripere ex hostium manibus (Liv., 5, 46; from an enemy): patriam e servitute in libertatem vindicare (Nep., Thras., 1, 2; from oppression): to rescue from prison, aliquem liberare custodiis, eximere vinculis (Cic.).