subvenio

Latin > English

subvenio subvenire, subveni, subventus V :: come to help, assist; rescue

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sub-vĕnĭo: vēni, ventum, 4 (old
I fut. subvenibo, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 20), v. n., to come up or advance to one's assistance (the figure taken from the advance of a military reserve; v. subsidium), to come to one's assistance, to aid, assist, relieve, succor; to obviate, remedy, heal, cure a disease, an evil, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: adjuvo, succurro, sublevo).
   (a)    With dat. (so most freq.): quibus (equitibus) celeriter subveniunt levis armaturae pedites, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19: Lucanius circumvento filio subvenit, Caes. B. G. 5, 35: Varenus illi laboranti subvenit, id. ib. 5, 44: Apollo quaeso, subveni mihi atque adjuva, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 24: subveni patriae, opitulare collegae, Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 2: subvenire et opitulari patriae, id. Off. 1, 43, 154: civitati, Caes. B. G. 7, 32; id. B. C. 2, 4: subvenisti homini jam perdito, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: pauci subveniendum Adherbali censebant, Sall. J. 15, 3: vestri auxilii est, judices, hujus innocentiae subvenire, Cic. Clu. 1, 4: saluti suae acrioribus remediis, id. ib. 24, 67: vitae alicujus, Caes. B. G. 7, 50: stabilitati dentium, Plin. 23, 3, 37, § 74 et saep.: gravedini omni ratione, Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4: morbo, Plin. 22, 25, 61, § 129; 32, 9, 37, § 112: huic meae sollicitudini, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4: his tam periculosis rebus, id. Rep. 1, 19, 31.—Esp., of the prætor, to render official, judicial aid: aequissimum erit praetorem ei subvenire, Dig. 47, 10, 7, § 2.—Impers. pass.: subveniri generi humano, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 13: D. Bruti operā, etc. ... provinciae Galliae esse subventum, id. Phil. 5, 13, 36: huic quoque rei subventum est maxime a nobis, id. Att. 1, 17, 9: nisi celeriter sociis foret subventum, Hirt. B. Afr. 26, 4.—
   (b)    Absol.: et defendam et subvenibo sedulo, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 20: age, fi benignus, subveni, id. Pers. 1, 1, 39: circumvenior, judices, nisi subvenitis, Cic. Brut. 75, 260: illum orare, ut subveniret, id. Div. 1, 27, 57: et subventuros auferet unda deos, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 28; Tac. A. 4, 72. —Impers. pass.: priusquam ex castris subveniretur, Sall. J. 54, 10: ni subveniatur, Liv. 23, 14: nisi in tempore subventum foret, id. 34, 18; 29, 25.—
II In gen., to come up, come (very rare).
   A Lit.: aliud in eo (sale) mirabile est, quod tantundem nocte subvenit, quantum die auferas, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 74.—
   B Trop.
   1    Ut quaeque vox digna animadverti subvenerat, memoriae mandabamus, came to mind, occurred to us, Gell. 19, 7, 2.—
   2    To come to one's mind, occur to him; with inf., App. M. 3, p. 131, 37.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

subvĕnĭō,⁹ vēnī, ventum, īre, intr.,
1 survenir : Plin. 31, 74 || [fig.] se présenter : Gell. 19, 7, 2 ; [à l’esprit] Apul. M. 3, 29
2 venir à la rescousse, venir au secours [t. milit.] : alicui Cæs. G. 5, 35, venir au secours de qqn, cf. Hirt. G. 8, 19 || [pass. imp.] priusquam ex castris subveniretur Sall. J. 54, 10, avant qu’un secours fût venu du camp, cf. Liv. 23, 14 ; 29, 25 ; 34, 18
3 [fig.] a) secourir, venir en aide à : patriæ Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 2, secourir la patrie, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37 ; Clu. 4, etc.; Cæs. G. 7, 32, 3 ; 7, 50, 6 ; Liv. 10, 26, 1, etc. || [pass. impers.] Cic. Phil. 5, 36 ; Off. 2, 13, etc.; b) remédier à, secourir contre : tempestati, necessitati Cic. Off. 1, 83 ; 2, 56, combattre la tempête, remédier à la nécessité, cf. Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4 ; Tac. Ann. 15, 68, etc. ; c) avec quominus Tac. Ann. 4, 51, venir en aide en empêchant que. fut. arch. subvenibo Pl. Men. 1009.

Latin > German (Georges)

sub-venio, vēnī, ventum, īre, I) unten an etwas hinkommen, dazukommen, 1) übtr.: tantundem (salis) nocte subvenit, quantum die auferas, Plin. 31, 73. – 2) bildl.: a) vorkommen, ut quaeque vox indidem digna animadverti subvenerat, quā nos quoque possemus uti, memoriae mandabamus, Gell. 19, 7, 2. – b) in die Gedanken kommen, einfallen, mit folg. Infin., Apul. met. 3, 29 in. – II) zu Hilfe anrücken, -kommen, beistehen, 1) eig., als milit. t.t.: quibus (equitibus) celeriter subveniunt levis armaturae pedites, Hirt. b.G.: circumvento filio subvenit, Caes.: absol., priusquam ex castris subveniretur, Sall.: nisi Romani subvenissent, Liv.: ni castris exciti repente pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent, Liv. – 2) übtr., jmdm. zu Hilfe kommen, beistehen, einem Übel begegnen, abhelfen, a) übh., m. Dat., alci, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: patriae, Cic.: saluti remediis, Cic.: vitae alcis, Caes.: gravedini, Cic.: morbo, Plin.: erroribus, Lact.: impers.: rei publicae difficillimo tempore esse subventum, Cic. – m. Dat. u. folg. quo minus u. Konj., reliquis, quo minus vi aut obsidio subigerentur, praematura montis Haemi et saeva hiems subvenit, kam zustatten, Tac. ann. 4, 51 extr. – absol., Plaut., Cic. u.a. – b) insbes., v. Prätor = durch rechtliche Hilfe beistehen, aequissimum erit praetorem ei subvenire, Ulp. dig. 47, 10, 7. § 2. – Archaist. Fut. subvenibo, Plaut. Men. 1009.