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con-sōlor , ātus, 1, v. dep.
I. Of personal objects, to console, encourage, animate, cheer, comfort (freq. and class.; most freq. in Cic.).
(α). With acc.: “istam, quod potes, Fac consolere,” Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 2; id. Hec. 3, 1, 13; Ov. M. 1, 578 al.: “aliquem de miseriis communibus,” Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 2: “Telamonem de Aiacis morte,” id. Tusc. 3, 29, 71: “aliquem in miseriis,” id. Cat. 4, 4, 8: “in hoc communi malo consoletur se conscientiā optimae mentis,” id. Brut. 71, 250: “se aliquā re,” id. Prov. Cons. 7, 16; id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43: “tu velim Piliam meis verbis consolere,” in my name, id. Att. 5, 11, 7: “se per litteras,” id. ib. 12, 14, 3: “egomet, qui te consolari cupio, consolandus ipse eum,” id. Fam. 5, 18, 1: his me consolor victurum suavius, ac si, etc., * Hor. S. 1, 6, 130: “se, quod, etc.,” Cic. Sull. 10, 29: “vosmet ipsos,” id. Agr. 2, 28, 77; cf. “memet,” Cat. 64, 182: “me ipse consolor maxime illo solacio, quod, etc.,” Cic. Lael. 3, 10; cf. id. Sull. 10, 29: “neque monere te audeo ... nec confirmare ... consolari vero nullo modo,” id. Fam. 4, 8, 1.—
(β). Absol.: “aut consolando aut consilio aut re juvero,” Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 34: “haec igitur officia sunt consolantium, tollere aegritudinem, etc.,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75: “librum mittere consolandi causa ad captivos,” id. ib. 3, 22, 54: “dolorem tuum consolando levare,” id. Fam. 6, 4, 2; Quint. 11, 3, 64: “quo consolante doleres?” Ov. M. 1, 360: “consolantia verba,” id. ib. 15, 491: “Caesar ejus dextram prendit, consolatus rogat, etc.,” encouraging him, Caes. B. G. 1, 20; 5, 4; id. B. C. 3, 98; Liv. 26, 35, 7; Nep. Eum. 11, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7; Suet. Aug. 53 al.—
II. Of things, to mitigate, alleviate, lighten, relieve, soothe (most freq. in Cic.): “ut doloris magnitudinem celeritas, diuturnitatem adlevatio consoletur,” Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 40; so, “dolorem,” id. Fam. 4, 8, 1: “consolatur honestas egestatem,” id. Quint. 15, 49: “incommodum,” id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6: “desiderium tui,” id. Fam. 7, 11, 2: “doloris magnitudinem brevitate,” id. Tusc. 5, 31, 88: “brevitatem vitae,” id. Mil. 35, 97: “dicendi laborem delectatione oratoriā consolor,” id. Att. 4, 18, 2 (16, 10): “hanc cladem domūs meae,” Liv. 45, 41, 12: “otium nostrum,” Quint. 2, 12, 12: “ut crudelitatem fati consolaretur aequalitas,” Sen. Cons. Polyb. 1 (20), 3.
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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