auxilium
See also: Auxilium
Latin
Etymology
From augeō (“spread, honor, promote”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯kˈsi.li.um/, [äu̯kˈs̠ɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯kˈsi.li.um/, [äu̯kˈsiːlium]
Noun
auxilium n (genitive auxiliī or auxilī); second declension
- help, aid
- Synonyms: adiumentum, adiūtus, ops, subsidium, fidēs, praesidium
- (medicine) antidote, remedy
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | auxilium | auxilia |
Genitive | auxiliī auxilī1 | auxiliōrum |
Dative | auxiliō | auxiliīs |
Accusative | auxilium | auxilia |
Ablative | auxiliō | auxiliīs |
Vocative | auxilium | auxilia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (help): adiūmentum, adiūtōrium, opēs, praesidium, subsidium
Derived terms
- auxiliāris
- auxiliārius
- auxiliō
- auxilior
Related terms
- auxiliābundus
- auxiliātiō
- auxiliātor
- auxiliātrīx
- auxiliātus
Descendants
- Italian: ausilio
- → Portuguese: auxílio
- Spanish: auxilio
References
- “auxilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auxilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auxilium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- auxilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
- to be reduced to one's last resource: ad extremum auxilium descendere
- prompt assistance: auxilium praesens
- (ambiguous) to come to assist any one: auxilio alicui venire
- (ambiguous) to summon auxiliary troops: auxilia arcessere
- to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui