auxilium

== Latin == === Etymology === Back-formation from *auxilis, itself from Proto-Italic *aug-s-illi-, from Proto-Italic *augeō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯kˈsɪ.li.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯kˈsiː.li.um] === Noun === auxilium n (genitive auxiliī or auxilī); second declension help, aid, assistance, relief Synonyms: adiumentum, adiūtus, ops, subsidium, fidēs, praesidium (medicine) antidote, remedy ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Synonyms ==== (help): adiūmentum, adiūtōrium, opēs, praesidium, subsidium ==== Derived terms ==== auxiliāris auxiliārius auxiliō auxilior ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: auxili (learned) Italian: ausilio → Portuguese: auxílio (learned) → Spanish: auxilio (learned) === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “auxilium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.