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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• assist:
      1. 1. jŭvo, jūvi, jūtum (part. jŭvātūrus), 1: with acc. (this verb and its comp. adjŭvo are the most general terms for rendering all kinds of assistance): to a. any one by all honourable means you can, j. aliquem quibuscunque rebus honeste possis, Cic.: to a. any one by counsel, consolation, aliquem consilio, consolando j., Ter.: v. to help.
      2. 2. adjŭvo (with acc.: v. supr.): to a. any one in any matter, aliquem a. in aliqua re, Ter.: to a. any one in marrying his daughters, a. aliquem in collocatione filiarum, Cic.
      3. 3. auxĭlior, 1: with dat. (implies a want of help on the part of the person assisted = auxilium fero).
      4. 4. ŏpĭtŭlor, 1: with dat. (equiv. to auxilior): Pl.: to a. the guilty, sontibus o., Cic.
      5. 5. subvĕnĭo., vēni, ventum, 4 (prop. to come to the help of: with dat.): Lucanius came to a. his son, Lucanius filio subvenit, Caes.: you came to a. a man already ruined, subvenisti homini jam perdito, Cic. (In some cases to assist may be expr. by adsum or aspiro; esp. of the deities, whose presence or breath implies their favour: e. g. fortune a.s our toil, aspirat fortuna labori, Virg.: a. me, O goddess! ades dea! Ov.).--Note. Opem or auxilium ferre, opitulari, and auxiliari are to bring help to a person in difficulty or danger, and are opposed to deserere, destituere, etc. Juvare and adjuvare are to help a person striving to do something, and are opposed to impedire. Also adjuvare signifies the assistance given by an equal to an equal: opitulari the assistance given by the strong to the weak.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• ASSIST
juvare, adjuvare, opera adjuvare aliquem: in anything, in aliqua re: auxilium ferre alicui: auxiliari alicui: esse in auxilio alicui; opem ferre alicoi: opitulari alicui: succurrere alicui, subvenire alicui: subsidio venire alicui: sublevare aliquem. [SYN. in AID.] To assist anybody in doing anything, alicui opitulari in aliqua re facienda: alicui operam suam commodare ad aliquid: alicui operam praebere in aliqua re. Their bodily strength did not assist them, nihil iis corporis vires auxiliatae sunt (Cic.). To assist digestion, concoctiones adjuvare.