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con-sōlo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. collat. form of consolor,
I.to cheer, comfort, console.
I. Act. (ante - class. and very rare): per idem tempus Oedipus Athenas exul venire dicebatur, qui consolaret, Varr. ap. Non. p. 473, 30; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—
II. Pass. in a reflex. signif., to console or comfort one's self, find comfort in: cum animum vestrum erga me video, vehementer consolor, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 6; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 6, § 1; Asin. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.—And in a pass. signif.: “sic consolatis militibus, etc.,” Just. 22, 6, 4: “a quibus viatores consolari solent,” Aug. Conf. 6, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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