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verbfirst conjugation

iuvō

iuvō (present infinitive iuvāre, perfect active iūvī, supine iūtum)
Classical[ˈjʊ.woː]Ecclesiastical[ˈjuː.vo]
№ 390 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to help, aid
    audaces fortuna iuvatFortune favours the brave
  2. to delight, gratify, please
    Quamvis non rectum quod iuvat rectum putesIt may not be right but if it pays think it so
    forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabitSome day, perhaps, remembering this even will be a pleasure

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

auxilium dō; puer senem iuvat.
iuvō -āre iūvī — in Mille Verba, Nāvāle

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Auxilium · Opem ferre · Opitulari · Juvare · Adjuvare

1. Auxilium, opem ferre, and opitulari, suppose a person in a strait, whom one would rescue from necessity and danger, in opp. to deserere, destituere, and so forth; the auxilium ferens is to be considered as an ally, who makes himself subservient to the personal safety, or to the interest of him who is in a strait; the opem ferens, as a benefactor, who employs his power and strength for the benefit of the weak; whereas juvare and adjuvare (ἰᾶσθαι) suppose only a person striving to do something, which he may be enabled to do better and quicker by help, in opp. to impedire, Cic. Verr. i. 6. Ter. Heaut. v. 2, 39. Matres solent esse filiis in peccato adjutrices, auxilio in paterna injuria. When in Liv. ii. 6, Tarquin entreats the Veientes, ferrent opem, adjuvarent, he is first considered as exulans, then as regnum repetiturus. 2. Opem and auxilium ferre derive their emphasis from the noun, to bring help, and nothing else; whereas opitulari, and the poetical word, auxiliari, derive their emphasis from their verbal form, and mean to bring help, and not to refuse. (v. 70.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.iuvōiuvābamiuvābōiūvīiūveramiūverō
2nd sg.iuvāsiuvābāsiuvābisiūvistīiūverāsiūveris
3rd sg.iuvatiuvābatiuvābitiūvitiūveratiūverit
1st pl.iuvāmusiuvābāmusiuvābimusiūvimusiūverāmusiūverimus
2nd pl.iuvātisiuvābātisiuvābitisiūvistisiūverātisiūveritis
3rd pl.iuvantiuvābantiuvābuntiūvērunt
iūvēre		iūverantiūverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.iuvemiuvāremiūverimiūvissem
2nd sg.iuvēsiuvārēsiūverīsiūvissēs
3rd sg.iuvetiuvāretiūveritiūvisset
1st pl.iuvēmusiuvārēmusiūverīmusiūvissēmus
2nd pl.iuvētisiuvārētisiūverītisiūvissētis
3rd pl.iuventiuvārentiūverintiūvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.iuvoriuvābariuvābor
2nd sg.iuvāris
iuvāre		iuvābāris
iuvābāre		iuvāberis
iuvābere
3rd sg.iuvāturiuvābāturiuvābitur
1st pl.iuvāmuriuvābāmuriuvābimur
2nd pl.iuvāminīiuvābāminīiuvābiminī
3rd pl.iuvanturiuvābanturiuvābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.iuveriuvārer
2nd sg.iuvēris
iuvēre		iuvārēris
iuvārēre
3rd sg.iuvēturiuvārētur
1st pl.iuvēmuriuvārēmur
2nd pl.iuvēminīiuvārēminī
3rd pl.iuventuriuvārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.iuvāiuvāre
pres. 2nd pl.iuvāteiuvāminī
fut. 2nd sg.iuvātōiuvātor
fut. 3rd sg.iuvātōiuvātor
fut. 2nd pl.iuvātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.iuvantōiuvantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveiuvāreiuvārī
perfect infinitiveiūvisseiūtum esse
future infinitiveiūtūrum esseiūtum īrī
present participleiuvāns
iuvante, iuvantem, iuvantēs, iuvantī, iuvantia, iuvantibus, iuvantis, iuvantīs, iuvantium		—
perfect participle—iūtus
iūta, iūtā, iūtae, iūtam, iūtārum, iūtās, iūte, iūtī, iūtīs, iūtō, iūtōrum, iūtōs
future participleiūtūrus
iūtūra, iūtūrā, jūtūra, jūtūrā, iūtūrae, jūtūrae, iūtūram, jūtūram, iūtūrārum, jūtūrārum, iūtūrās, jūtūrās, iūtūre, jūtūre, iūtūrī, jūtūrī, iūtūrīs, jūtūrīs, iūtūrō, jūtūrō, iūtūrōrum, jūtūrōrum, iūtūrōs, jūtūrōs, iūtūrum, jūtūrum		iuvandus
juvanda, juvandā, juvandae, juvandam, juvandārum, juvandās, juvande, juvandīs, juvandōrum, juvandōs
gerundiuvandī, iuvandō, iuvandumsupineiūtum, iūtū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

aliquem consilio (et re) iuvare
to give a person the advantage of one's advice (and actual support).
dis bene iuvantibus (Fam. 7. 20. 2)
with the help of the gods.

jŭvo, jūvi, jūtum, 1 (juvaturus, Sall. J. 47, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 13:
I. iuerint, Cat. 66, 18), v. a. and n. perh. root div-, to gleam; cf. dies, to help, aid, assist, support, benefit (cf.: auxilior, subvenio, opitulor).
I. In gen.: qui se natos ad homines juvandos, tutandos, conservandos arbitrantur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32: beatae vitae disciplinam juvare, id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: aliquem omni suo studio in petitione, id. Fam. 11, 17, 2: aliquem auxilio laboris, id. Balb. 9: hostes frumento, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: juvit facundia causam, Ov. M. 7, 505: imbres arva juvantes, id. A. A. 1, 647: (Juppiter) juvat imbribus agros, id. P. 2, 1, 13: aliquem portuque locoque, by receiving into harbor and house, id. H. 2, 55: nudum hospitio tectoque, Juv. 3, 211: pectora alloquio, Ov. P. 1, 6, 18: audentes deus ipse juvat, id. M. 10, 586: audentes Fortuna juvat, Verg. A. 10, 284: aliquem in aliqua re, Cat. 68, 41.—With two acc.: aliquid Rutulos, Verg. A. 10, 84. —Of medical assistance: qui salutari juvat arte fessos, Hor. C. S. 63; Ov. Tr. 2, 270; Plin. 23, 1, 10, § 14: dis juvantibus or deo juvante, with God's help: me, dis juvantibus, ante brumam exspecta, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 2; id. N. D. 2, 66, 165; cf.: non denique quicquam aliud nisi juvantibus sacris deligunt, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21.—In pass.: lex Cornelia proscriptum juvari vetat, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123: viatico a me juvabitur, Liv. 44, 22: precor, quaeras, qua sim tibi parte juvandus, Ov. P. 4, 12 fin.: placuit sollertia, tempore etiam juta, Tac. A. 14, 4 init. (al. adjuta): nec sola (lingua) loquendi munus implere potest, nisi juta, etc., Lact. Opif. D. 10, 13.—Impers., juvat, it is of use; with a subject-clause: juvat Ismara Baccho Conserere, Verg. G. 2, 37: quid docuisse juvabat? Ov. M. 7, 858; cf.: quid juvat esse deum? id. ib. 13, 965.—
II. In partic., to delight, gratify, please: juvare in utroque (in sensu et in animo) dicitur: ex eoque jucundum, Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14. —In this sense rarely as a personal verb: nec umquam quicquam me juvat quod edo domi; Foris ... quod gusto id beat, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 34: non omnis arbusta juvant humilesque myricae, Verg. E. 4, 2: nec me vita juvaret, invisa civibus et militibus meis, Liv. 28, 27: si nec fabellae te juvant nec fabulae, Phaedr. 4, 7, 22: multos castra juvant, Hor. C. 1, 23: aurem juvantia verba, Ov. A. A. 2, 159.—In pass.: refer ad aures, probabunt: quaere, cur? ita se dicent juvari, Cic. Or. 48, 159.—More freq. impers., juvat (aliquem), with subject-clause, it delights, pleases, I (thou, he, etc.) am delighted, take pleasure in: juvit me, tibi tuas litteras profuisse, Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 3: juvat me haec praeclara nomina artificum ... concidisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12: forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit, Verg. A. 1, 203: juvat evasisse tot urbes Argolicas, id. ib. 3, 282: insano juvat indulgere labori, id. ib. 6, 135: si pereo, hominum manibus periisse juvabit, id. ib. 3, 606: quae scire magis juvat quam prodest, Sen. Ep. 106.

Origins

Uncertain. The word probably originates from a PIE reduplicated present *h₁íHewHeti (“to help”), from the root *h₁ewH-. This same PIE verb may be the source of Hittite [Term?] (/⁠iyauwatta⁠⁠/, “to be healed, recover”). Proto-Indo-European *h₁íHewHeti may have produced an athematic Proto-Italic verb *iow-, which then became iuvere. The form iuvere is likely the source of iuvō, -āre, although the exact process of derivation is unclear. It may have developed as an iterative to iuvere or it may have emerged as a back-formation from adiuvō, -āre, which—according to this theory—would have derived from ad- + iuvere via the same pattern as pellō, pellere and appellō, appellāre. It is unusual for PIE *-ew- to yield Latin Latin *-u-. De Vaan suggests that iuvere may have replaced earlier *iovere by analogy with iuvāre, which itself—if the back-formation hypothesis is accepted—may have replaced earlier *iovāre by analogy with adiuvō.

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianjuare
  • Sardinianzuare
  • Sardinianzubare
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiangiovare
  • Sicilianjuvari
  • Siciliangiuvari
  • Venetanxiovar
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianzovâ
Gallo-Romance
  • Old Occitanjuva

Quick answers

What does iuvō mean in Latin?
iuvō, a verb, means “to help, aid; to delight, gratify, please”.
What are the principal parts of iuvō?
iuvō, iuvāre, iūvī, iūtum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce iuvō?
In classical Latin, [ˈjʊ.woː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈjuː.vo].