opitulor

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ŏpĭtŭlor: ātus, 1 (old
I inf. pres. opitularier;
v. in the foll.), v. dep. n. [ops-tulo, whence tuli, to bring aid; to help, aid, assist, succor (class.; syn.: adjuvo, subvenio, auxilior, succurro): amanti ire opitulatum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 27: amicum amico opitularier, id. Curc. 2, 3, 54: sontibus, Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3: inopiae, to relieve, Sall. C. 33, 2: permultum ad dicendum, Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 7: frequentatio, quae conjecturalibus causis opitulatur, Auct. Her. 4, 40, 53.—
   (b)    With contra, to be good against, to relieve; of remedies: contra vanas species opitulari, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 103.!*? Act. collat. form ŏpĭtŭlo, āre (anteclass.): corrige, opitula, Liv. And. ap. Non. 475, 11.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ŏpĭtŭlor,¹² ātus sum, ārī (ops, tulo), intr., secourir, porter secours, assister, aider [avec dat.] : Pl. Curc. 332 ; Mil. 621 ; Cic. Off. 1, 154 ; Fam. 4, 13, 3 ; 10, 10, 2 || contra Plin. 28, 103, être efficace contre || non opitulari quin, quominus Cornelia Ep. fr., 2 d. Nep. Fr. 12, 2 ; Val. Max. 9, 14, 3, ne pas apporter une aide suffisante pour empêcher que.