“comfort” in Latin

To console, consolari aliquem (of persons and personified objects; e.g., of hope, of a good conscience: consolari aliquem aliquid or de aliqua re: seldom aliquid aliqua re, as magnitudinem doloris brevitate consolatur: Cic. the simple solari is not found in prose of the Golden age): solatium alicui praebere or afferre (to comfort; i. e., yield or afford comfort of things): alicui solatio or solatium esse (to comfort; i. e., to be a comfort to anybody, of things): to go away or depart comforted, sequiore animo discedere: this comforts me, hoc est mihi solatio: to comfort one’s self, se consolari (on account of anything, de aliqua re): Comfort yourself, or be comforted, ne te afflictes: es bono animo.

Enliven, refresh, aliquem reficere, recreare: animum alicui facere: animo aliquem implere: To be comforted, animo relaxari: animi remissionem quaerere (by mental relaxations): to be mentally comforted by anything, aliqua re recreari (e.g., by a letter, litteris): to comfort anybody with food, cibo juvare aliquem: by food and drink, cibo ac potione firmare aliquem: to comfort one’s body (or one’s self) with food and sleep, corpus curare (Curt., 3, 8, 22); also se reficere: se recreare: (the words are found in this connexion and order), reficere et recreare: recreare et reficere: To be comforted by anything, aliqua re refici, or se reficere, or vires reficere (bodily, e.g., by food, etc.): Comforting, recreans, reficiens: suavis, dulcis.

To gladden, Vid.

consolatio (the action of comforting). medicina (the means by which anybody is comforted), poetical solamen: comfort in pain, solatium doloris: comfort in one’s sufferings, solatium malorum: to impart comfort to anybody, aliquem consolari; on account of anything, de aliqua re: to give anybody much comfort (of persons), multa or magna alicui solatia dare (Cic.): To afford comfort, solatium praebere or afferre; solatio or solatium esse: to admit of some comfort, afford some comfort, nonnullam consolationem or aliquid solatii (in se) habere (of things) to admit of comfort, or supply it from themselves): to afford no comfort, nihil habere consolationis this is my comfort, eo solatio utor: To utter words of comfort, solatia dicere (Ov.): To seek comfort from one only source, omnia in unam consolationem conjicere (Cic.): This is the only comfort which supports me, haec una consolatio me sustentat: to look for comfort in philosophy, medicinam petere a philosophia: to need no comfort, non egere medicina: voluptas (comfortable sensation). jucunditas: dulcedo (agreeableness). the comforts of life, commoda vita: commoditas vitae: anybody feels a comfort, voluptas sensibus alicujus blanditur: Without comfort, Vid: COMFORTLESS.