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Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
adiuvo
- first-person singular present indicative of adiuvare
Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“towards”) + iuvō (“to help”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adiuvō (present infinitive adiuvāre, perfect active adiūvī, supine adiūtum); first conjugation
- to help, assist
- Synonyms: adiūtō, iuvō, assistō, succurrō, sublevō, prōficiō, prōsum, adsum
- Antonym: officiō
- to be useful
- Synonyms: prosum, valeō, prōficiō, cōnferō
- (figuratively) to cheer
Usage notes
In very rare circumstances, the perfect is adiuvāvī and the supine is adiuvātum.
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References
- “adjuvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adiuvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Enrico Olivett. Dizionario Latino