(verb) : sum-mĭnistro (subm-), āvi, ātum, 1
* To aid by giving; to give, furnish, afford, supply (class.).
* Lit.: pecuniam alicui,Cic. Deiot. 9, 25: tela clam,id. Cael. 9, 20: tela ad manum,Quint. 5, 7, 8: tela agentibus,id. 12, 3, 4: lapides telaque,Caes. B. G. 3, 25: frumentum,id. ib. 1, 40: auxilia hostibus nostris,id. ib. 4, 20: sauciis ac defatigatis integros equites, Auct. B. Afr. 78: puteus, qui CCC. pondo argenti Hannibali sumministravit in dies,Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 97: aquam radicibus,Col. 5, 10: pabulum,id. 6, 3, 2: tabellarios,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4: cibum,Lact. 5, 14, 17.
* Trop.: Aristoteles huic arti plurima adjumenta atque ornamenta sumministravit,Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 7: occasiones alicui,Suet. Tib. 61: timores,Sen. Ep. 104, 10: materiam eloquentiae,Tac. Or. 37: tantum animorum viriumque patriae et penatium conspectus sumministrat,Just. 6, 7, 5: spem salutis licet tardam,App. M. 11 init.