See also: adiuvò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.dju.vo/
  • Rhymes: -adjuvo
  • Hyphenation: à‧diu‧vo

Verb

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adiuvo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of adiuvare

Latin

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Etymology

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From ad- (towards) +‎ iuvō (to help).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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adiuvō (present infinitive adiuvāre, perfect active adiūvī, supine adiūtum); first conjugation

  1. to help, assist
    Synonyms: adiūtō, iuvō, assistō, succurrō, sublevō, prōficiō, prōsum, adsum
    Antonym: officiō
  2. to be useful
    Synonyms: prosum, valeō, prōficiō, cōnferō
  3. (figuratively) to cheer

Usage notes

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In very rare circumstances, the perfect is adiuvāvī and the supine is adiuvātum.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: adjuvate
  • Middle French: adjuver
  • Italian: adiuvare
  • ? Sicilian: aggiuvari

References

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  • 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
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