Latin

Proper noun

Auxilium m ‎(genitive Auxiliī); second declension

1. A male given name, a god.

Latin

Noun

auxilium n ‎(genitive auxiliī); second declension

1. help, aid
2. (medicine) antidote, remedy
3. accusative singular of auxilium
4. vocative singular of auxilium

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (help): adiūmentum, adiūtōrium, opēs, praesidium, subsidium

Derived terms

• auxiliāris
• auxiliārius
• auxiliō
• auxilior

Related terms

Descendants

• French: auxiliaire
• Italian: ausilio
• Spanish: auxilio

References

• auxilium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auxilium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AUXILIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “auxilium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
    
  • to be reduced to one's last resource: ad extremum auxilium descendere
    
  • prompt assistance: auxilium praesens
    
  • (ambiguous) to come to assist any one: auxilio alicui venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to summon auxiliary troops: auxilia arcessere