(verb) : con-sōlor, ātus, 1
* Of personal objects, to console, encourage, animate, cheer, comfort (freq. and class.; most freq. in Cic.).
* 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.
* 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.

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