relieve Copy link Outline I. To lighten, alleviate1. lĕvo, 1 (to lighten)2. rĕlĕvo, 13. sublĕvo, 14. allĕvo, 15. laxo, 1 (to relax, release)6. mītĭgo, 17. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 38. exŏnĕro, 1II. To aid, assist1. subvĕnio, vēni, ventum, 42. succurro, curri, cursum, 3 (to run to the aid of)III. Milit. t. t.1. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 32. succēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to take the place ofIV. To heighten by contrast • relieve: I. To lighten, alleviate: 1. lĕvo, 1 (to lighten): I will r. you of your burden, ego te fasce levabo, Virg. E. 9, 65: to r. thirst, l. sitim, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26: to r. the violence of the disease, l. vim morbi, Curt. 3, 6, 2: to r. any one from fear, l. aliquem metu, Liv. 2, 22: to r. care and uneasiness of mind by counsel, l. curam et angorem animi consilio, Cic. Att. 1, 18, ad init.: r. your suppliant, levate supplicem vestrum, id. Clu. 70, 200: that remedy cannot r. all sorrows, illa medicina non omnes aegritudines l. potest, id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61. 2. rĕlĕvo, 1: whose death has partially r.d you of a burden, cujus mors te ex aliqua parte relevavit, Cic. Fl. 17, 41: to r. hunger, r. famem, Ov. M. 11, 129: to r. any one's mind, r. (alicui) animum, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 11. 3. sublĕvo, 1: to r. the toils of the soldiers, s. militum laborem, Caes. B. G. 6, 32: his caresses r.d her fears, blandimentum sublevavit metum, Tac. A. 14, 4: to r. his neighbours with his wealth, s. vicinos facultatibus suis, Cic. Phil. 7, 8, 24. 4. allĕvo, 1: to r. one partially of a burden, a. onus aliqua ex parte, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: I am r.d when I talk with you in your absence, allevor quum loquor tecum absens, id. Att. 12, 39. 5. laxo, 1 (to relax, release): to r. the stomach, stomachum l., Juv. 4, 67: to r. his mind from constant labour, animum ab assiduis laboribus l., Liv. 32, 5, ad init.: to r. our minds from the exertion of discussion, animos a contentione disputationis l., Cic. de Or. 3, extr. 6. mītĭgo, 1: v. soften, assuage. 7. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: v. relax. 8. exŏnĕro, 1: v. unburden. Phr.: to r. the mind by sleep, animum somno relaxare, Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100: to be a little r.d of one's fear, paullum respirare a metu, id. Clu. 70, 200: to r. more serious work by sport and jest, graviora opera lusibus jocisque distinguere, Pl. Ep. 8, 21, ad init. II. To aid, assist: 1. subvĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4: to r. his son, surrounded by foes, circumvento filio, s. Caes. B. G. 5, 35. 2. succurro, curri, cursum, 3 (to run to the aid of): to r. those who are hard pressed, laborantibus s., Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169: hemp r.s the stomach of beasts of burden, cannabis succurrit jumentorum alvo, Piin. 20, 23, 97: v. succour, aid. Phr.: to r. any one from a blockade, obsidione aliquem eximere, Liv. 38, 15. III. Milit. t. t.: to take the place of: 1. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: they r. one another, alii alios excipiunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 16: 13 cohorts r.d this legion, hanc legionem xiii. cohortes exceperunt, id. ib. 7, 51. 2. succēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to take the place of: with dat.): fresh men r. the exhausted, integri et recentes defatigatis succedunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 16: the cohorts r.d them, cohortes in stationem succedere, id. 4, 32. Phr.: to r. soldiers on guard, permutare stationum vices, Curt. 8, 6, 11: to r. each other in turn, variare vices, Virg. Aen. 9, 164 (R. and A.): he r.s me and takes my post, subit ipse meumque explet opus, Ov. M. 3, 648. IV. To heighten by contrast: v. relief, III. Phr.: the contrast of the colours mutually r.ing each other, differentia colorum alterna vice sese excitante, Plin. 35, 5, 11 (q. v.): the part on which the light falls seems to be r.d, quod erit illuminatum exstare atque eminere videtur, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.
RELIEVE Copy link • RELIEVETo alleviate, lenire (to soften; to make less painful or disagreeable; e.g., dolores, miseriam, aegritudinem): mitigare (to make milder: iram, tristitiam, severitatem, dolorem, labores, febrem, etc.: mollire (to soften; iram, impetum): levare, allevare (to lighten; partially remove: levare luctum, metum, molestias, curam; also, levare aliquem luctu, Liv.: allevare sollicitudines, onus): sublevare (poricula, offensionem, res adversas): laxare (to lessen the tightness of anything that compresses: laborem, Liv.): expedire: explicare (to render the performance of anything easier): temperare (to temper by an admixture of an opposite feeling; e.g., *hilaritatis or tristitiae modum, Cic.). To relieve anybody’s labor, partem laboris alicui minuere: to relieve in some degree, aliqua ex parte allevare: to relieve hard work by relaxation, graviora opera lusibus jocisque distinguere: to relieve from pecuniary difficulties, difficultate pecuniarum exuere. To take the place of another at a post of duty, etc., subire alicui or aliquem, with or without per vices; succedere alicui or in alicujus locum (to succeed in office). To relieve wearied troops by fresh ones, milites integros submittere defatigatis; defatigatis integri et recentes succedunt: to relieve soldiers on guard, vices stationum permutare (Curt., 8, 6, 11: ☞ vices variare, Verg., Aen., 9, 164, is perhaps only poetic). The guards relieve each other, succedunt alii in stationem aliorum.