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|lshtext=<b>auxĭlĭāris</b>: (AVXSILIARIS, Inscr. Momm. 5778), e, adj. [[auxilium]].<br /><b>I</b> Bringing [[help]] or [[aid]], [[aiding]], [[helping]], [[assisting]], [[auxiliary]] (syn.: [[auxiliarius]], opem ferens): undae, Ov. M. 1, 275: Dea (sc. [[Lucina]]), id. ib. 9, 699: [[numen]], Luc. 6, 523: [[carmen]], a [[formula]] of [[incantation]] in [[aid]] of [[Jason]], Ov. M. 7, 138; cf. Plin. 28,2,4, § 21: [[arma]] ([[poet]]. periphrastically for the [[prose]] auxilia;<br /> v. [[infra]]), auxiliaries, Ov. M.6,424: [[aera]], the cymbals, trumpets, kettles, etc., by rattling [[which]] the ancients believed [[that]] [[they]] were [[able]] to [[drive]] [[away]] an [[eclipse]] of the [[moon]], id. ib. 4, 333: [[oleum]] auxiliare lethargicis, Plin. 23, 4, 40, § 82 al.: auxiliaria fulmina, quae advocata seu advocantium bono veniunt, Sen. Q. N. 2, 49 fin.: auxiliares milites, cohortes, etc.; or absol.: auxĭlĭāres, ium, m., [[auxiliary]] [[troops]], auxiliaries (freq. opp. legiones): auxiliares dicuntur in [[bello]] socii Romanorum exterarum nationum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.: cohortes, Caes. B. C. 1, 63; Tac. A. 12, 39: equites, id. ib. 1, 39 fin.: auxiliares, Caes. B. G. 3, 25; id. B. C. 1, 78; Vell. 2, 112; Liv. 30, 34, 5; Tac Agr. 18; Just. 2, 9, 9; and <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: qui (Gannascus) [[auxiliaris]] et diu [[meritus]] Gallorum oram vastabat, Tac. A. 11, 18 Halm.—<br /><b>II</b> Of or pertaining to auxiliaries: auxiliaria stipendia, Tac. A. 2, 52.