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“assistance” in Latin

The English word assistance itself goes back to Latin sistō, through assistentia.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

assistance
auxilium: ops: subsidium: adjumentum: opera. [Syn. in AID, s.] By anybody’s assistance, alicujus auxilio, ope, adjumento: alicujus ope adjutus: aliquo adjuvante; aliquo adjutore; alicujus opera. Without foreign (i. e, another’s) assistance, sua sponte; per se: by the assistance of God, juvante Deo, divina ope or (if spoken conditionally) si Deus juvet or adjuvabit. To offer one’s assistance to anybody, offerre se, si quo usus operae sit: toward or for anything, ad aliquid operam suam profiteri: to bring or bear assistance to anybody, alicui auxilium, opem auxiliumque, praesidium, suppetias or subsidium ferre: alicui auxilium offerre: alicui adesse or praesto esse (in time of need). To seek or call in the assistance of a physician, medico uti: medicum morbo adhibere: for a sick person, medicum ad aegrotum adducere. In every circumstance of life we require the assistance of our fellow-men, omnis ratio atque institutio vitae adjumenta hominum desiderat: to send anybody to another’s assistance, aliquem auxilio or subsidio mittere: aliquem auxilii causa mittere: to send the infantry to the assistance of anybody, pedites alicui subsidio or suppetias mittere: to go to anybody’s assistance, alicui auxilio venire: alicui suppetias ire or proficisci: alicui subvenire or succurrere: to beg, etc., anybody’s assistance, auxilium, or opem, or opem atque auxilium, or praesidium petere ab aliquo.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for assistance?
The usual Latin words for “assistance” are auxilium, ops, subsidium; also adiūmentum, opus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.