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iuvāre to help
iuvāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to help.
Definitions for iuvāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to help, aid, assist, please
English derivatives:
adjutant coadjutant aid aide-de-camp
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To help, assist (persons). (b) (esp. w. instrum. abl.). (c) (of terrain) to give one an advantage, help.
- 2
To help forward, promote (an activity, cause, etc.); to back up (an opinion).
- 3
(usu. of things) To do good to (persons, etc.), benefit, be of use to (esp. in neg. or quasi-neg. contexts, w.internal acc.); (often absol.). (b) (of medicaments or sim.) to benefit in health (a patient, part of the body, etc.); to relieve (a wound, sickness, or sim.). (c) (w. inf.) to profit, avail.
- 4
To enhance the qualities of (things), strengthen, improve, etc.
- 5
(usu. of things) To give pleasure to, delight, gratify
Sentences with iuvāre
Latin to English
Puer cuius patrem iuvābāmus est fortis.Compare The boy whose father we used to help is brave.
Vir bonus nēminī nocēre vult; omnibus parcit, omnēs iuvat.Compare A good man wishes to harm nobody; he spares all, he helps all.
Cum Gāium dīligerēmus, nōn poterāmus eum iuvāre.Compare Although we loved Gaius, we could not help him.
Cum hoc scīret, potuit eōs iuvāre.Compare Since he knew this, he was able to help them.
Saepe, ite ego deus iuvo, tu desidero. Compare Often, so may Heaven help me, have I longed for you.
Deus est mortali iuvare mortalem.Compare For mortal to aid mortal - this is God.
Conjugation table for iuvāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| iuvō iuvās iuvat iuvāmus iuvātis iuvant | iuvābam iuvābās iuvābat iuvābāmus iuvābātis iuvābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| iūvī iūvistī iūvit iūvimus iūvistis iūvērunt / iūvēre | iūveram iūverās iūverat iūverāmus iūverātis iūverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| iuvābō iuvābis iuvābit iuvābimus iuvābitis iuvābunt | iūverō iūveris iūverit iūverimus iūveritis iūverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| iuvem iuvēs iuvet iuvēmus iuvētis iuvent | iuvārem iuvārēs iuvāret iuvārēmus iuvārētis iuvārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| iūverim iūveris iūverit iūverimus iūveritis iūverint | iūvissem iūvissēs iūvisset iūvissēmus iūvissētis iūvissent |
Infinitive present iuvāre Infinitive perfect iūvisse Infinitive future iūtūrum esse / iuvatūrum esse | Imperative present iuvā iuvāte Imperative future iuvātō iuvātō iuvātōte iuvantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| iuvor iuvāris iuvātur iuvāmur iuvāminī iuvantur | iuvābar iuvābāris / iuvābāre iuvābātur iuvābāmur iuvābāminī iuvābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| iūtus sum iūtus es iūtus est iūtī sumus iūtī estis iūtī sunt | iūtus eram iūtus erās iūtus erat iūtī erāmus iūtī erātis iūtī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| iuvābor iuvāberis / iuvābere iuvābitur iuvābimur iuvābiminī iuvābuntur | iūtus erō iūtus eris iūtus erit iūtī erimus iūtī eritis iūtī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| iuver iuvēris / iuvēre iuvētur iuvēmur iuvēminī iuventur | iuvārer iuvārēris / iuvārēre iuvārētur iuvārēmur iuvārēminī iuvārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| iūtus sim iūtus sīs iūtus sit iūtī sīmus iūtī sītis iūtī sint | iūtus essem iūtus essēs iūtus esset iūtī essēmus iūtī essētis iūtī essent |
Infinitive present iuvārī Infinitive perfect iūtum esse Infinitive future iūtum īrī / iuvatum īrī | Imperative present iuvāre iuvāminī Imperative future iuvātor iuvātor - iuvāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | iuvāns | iuvantēs |
| Gen. | iuvantis | iuvantium |
| Dat. | iuvantī | iuvantibus |
| Acc. | iuvantem | iuvantēs |
| Abl. | iuvante | iuvantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | iūtūrus / iuvatūrus | iūtūrī / iuvatūrī |
| Gen. | iūtūrī / iuvatūrī | iūtūrōrum / iuvatūrōrum |
| Dat. | iūtūrō / iuvatūrō | iūtūrīs / iuvatūrīs |
| Acc. | iūtūrum / iuvatūrum | iūtūrōs / iuvatūrōs |
| Abl. | iūtūrō / iuvatūrō | iūtūrīs / iuvatūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | iūtus | iūtī |
| Gen. | iūtī | iūtōrum |
| Dat. | iūtō | iūtīs |
| Acc. | iūtum | iūtōs |
| Abl. | iūtō | iūtīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | iuvandus | iuvandī |
| Gen. | iuvandī | iuvandōrum |
| Dat. | iuvandō | iuvandīs |
| Acc. | iuvandum | iuvandōs |
| Abl. | iuvandō | iuvandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | iuvāre | iūtum |
| Gen. | iuvandī | iūtū |
| Dat. | iuvandō | |
| Acc. | iuvandum | |
| Abl. | iuvandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 28.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 988.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "iuvō, iuvāre, iūvī, iūtum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/iuvo-iuvare-iuvi-iutum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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