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v. trans.
Alleviate: P. and V. ἐπῐκουφίζειν, ἀ̆παντλεῖν (Plat.), V. ἐξευμᾰρίζειν ; see alleviate.
Put a stop to: P. and V. παύειν.
Comfort, cheer: P. and V. πᾰρᾰμῡθεῖσθαι (Eur. Or. 298), V. πᾰρηγορεῖν.
Relieve from, free from: P. and V. ἀ̆φῑέναι (τινά τινος), ἀ̆παλλάσσειν (τινά τινος), ἀ̆πολύ̄ειν (τινά τινος) (Eur. Or. 1236), V. κουφίζειν (τινά τινος); see deliver.
Relieve from labour: V. μόχθου ἐπῐκουφίζειν.
Relieve from troubles: V. ἀ̆ποκουφίζειν κᾰκῶν.
May the gods relieve you of your sickness: V. καί σε δαίμονες νόσου μεταστήσειαν (Soph. Phil. 462).
Go to the help of: P. and V. βοηθεῖν (dat.); see help.
They made their attacks taking turns to relieve: P. ἀναπαύοντες ἐν τῷ μέρει τοὺς ἐπίπλους ἐποιοῦντο (Thuc. 4.11).
Relieve a person of a duty, etc., take it over from him: P. διαδέχεσθαι (τί τινι).
They did not relieve Nicias of the command: P. τὸν Νικίαν οὐ παρέλυσαν τῆς ἀρχῆς (Thuc. 7.16).
v. trans.
Alleviate: P. and V. ἐπῐκουφίζειν, ἀ̆παντλεῖν (Plat.), V. ἐξευμᾰρίζειν ; see alleviate.
Put a stop to: P. and V. παύειν.
Comfort, cheer: P. and V. πᾰρᾰμῡθεῖσθαι (Eur. Or. 298), V. πᾰρηγορεῖν.
Relieve from, free from: P. and V. ἀ̆φῑέναι (τινά τινος), ἀ̆παλλάσσειν (τινά τινος), ἀ̆πολύ̄ειν (τινά τινος) (Eur. Or. 1236), V. κουφίζειν (τινά τινος); see deliver.
Relieve from labour: V. μόχθου ἐπῐκουφίζειν.
Relieve from troubles: V. ἀ̆ποκουφίζειν κᾰκῶν.
May the gods relieve you of your sickness: V. καί σε δαίμονες νόσου μεταστήσειαν (Soph. Phil. 462).
Go to the help of: P. and V. βοηθεῖν (dat.); see help.
They made their attacks taking turns to relieve: P. ἀναπαύοντες ἐν τῷ μέρει τοὺς ἐπίπλους ἐποιοῦντο (Thuc. 4.11).
Relieve a person of a duty, etc., take it over from him: P. διαδέχεσθαι (τί τινι).
They did not relieve Nicias of the command: P. τὸν Νικίαν οὐ παρέλυσαν τῆς ἀρχῆς (Thuc. 7.16).
RELIEVE
To alleviate lenire (to soften; to make less painful or disagreeable; e.g. dolores miseriam aegritudinem): mitigare (to make milder: iram tristitiam severitatem dolorem labores febrem etc.: mollire (to soften; iram impetum): levare allevare (to lighten; partially remove: levare luctum metum molestias curam; also levare aliquem luctu Liv.: allevare sollicitudines onus): sublevare (poricula offensionem res adversas): laxare (to lessen the tightness of anything that compresses: laborem Liv.): expedire: explicare (to render the performance of anything easier): temperare (to temper by an admixture of an opposite feeling; e.g. *hilaritatis or tristitiae modum Cic.). To relieve anybody’s labor partem laboris alicui minuere: to relieve in some degree aliqua ex parte allevare: to relieve hard work by relaxation graviora opera lusibus jocisque distinguere: to relieve from pecuniary difficulties difficultate pecuniarum exuere.
To take the place of another at a post of duty etc. subire alicui or aliquem with or without per vices; succedere alicui or in alicujus locum (to succeed in office). To relieve wearied troops by fresh ones milites integros submittere defatigatis; defatigatis integri et recentes succedunt: to relieve soldiers on guard vices stationum permutare (Curt. 8 6 11: ☞ vices variare Verg. Aen. 9 164 is perhaps only poetic). The guards relieve each other succedunt alii in stationem aliorum.
To alleviate lenire (to soften; to make less painful or disagreeable; e.g. dolores miseriam aegritudinem): mitigare (to make milder: iram tristitiam severitatem dolorem labores febrem etc.: mollire (to soften; iram impetum): levare allevare (to lighten; partially remove: levare luctum metum molestias curam; also levare aliquem luctu Liv.: allevare sollicitudines onus): sublevare (poricula offensionem res adversas): laxare (to lessen the tightness of anything that compresses: laborem Liv.): expedire: explicare (to render the performance of anything easier): temperare (to temper by an admixture of an opposite feeling; e.g. *hilaritatis or tristitiae modum Cic.). To relieve anybody’s labor partem laboris alicui minuere: to relieve in some degree aliqua ex parte allevare: to relieve hard work by relaxation graviora opera lusibus jocisque distinguere: to relieve from pecuniary difficulties difficultate pecuniarum exuere.
To take the place of another at a post of duty etc. subire alicui or aliquem with or without per vices; succedere alicui or in alicujus locum (to succeed in office). To relieve wearied troops by fresh ones milites integros submittere defatigatis; defatigatis integri et recentes succedunt: to relieve soldiers on guard vices stationum permutare (Curt. 8 6 11: ☞ vices variare Verg. Aen. 9 164 is perhaps only poetic). The guards relieve each other succedunt alii in stationem aliorum.
relieve:
I. To lighten, alleviate:
1. lĕvo, 1 (to lighten): I will r. you of your burden, ego te fasce levabo, Virg. E. 9, 65: to r. thirst, l. sitim, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26: to r. the violence of the disease, l. vim morbi, Curt. 3, 6, 2: to r. any one from fear, l. aliquem metu, Liv. 2, 22: to r. care and uneasiness of mind by counsel, l. curam et angorem animi consilio, Cic. Att. 1, 18, ad init.: r. your suppliant, levate supplicem vestrum, id. Clu. 70, 200: that remedy cannot r. all sorrows, illa medicina non omnes aegritudines l. potest, id Tusc. 4, 28, 61.
2. rĕlĕvo, 1: whose death has partially r.d you of a burden, cujus mors te ex aliqua parte relevavit, Cic. Fl. 17, 41: to r. hunger, r. famem, Ov. M. 11, 129: to r. any one's mind, r. (alicui) animum, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 11.
3. sublĕvo, 1: to r the toils of the soldiers, s. militum laborem, Caes. B. G. 6, 32: his caresses r.d her fears, blandimentum sublevavit metum, Tac. A. 14, 4: to r. his neighbours with his wealth, s. vicinos facultatibus suis, Cic. Phil. 7, 8, 24.
4. allĕvo, 1: to r. one partially of a burden, a. onus aliqua ex parte, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: I am r.d when I talk with you in your absence, allevor quum loquor tecum absens, id. Att. 12, 39.
5. laxo, 1 (to relax, release): to r. the stomach, stomachum l., Juv. 4, 67: to r. his mind from constant labour, animum ab assiduis laboribus l., Liv. 32, 5, ad init.: to r. our minds from the exertion of dis-*cussion, animos a contentione disputationis l., Cic. de Or. 3, extr.
6. mītĭgo, 1 v.SOFTEN , ASSUAGE .
7. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: v.RELAX .
8. exŏnĕro, 1: v.UNBURDEN . Phr.: to r. the mind by sleep, animum somno relaxare, Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100: to be a little r.d of one's fear, paullum respirare a metu, id. Clu. 70, 200 to r. more serious work by sport and jest, graviora opera lusibus jocisque distinguere, Pl. Ep. 8, 21, ad init.
II. To aid, assist:
1. subvĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4: to r. his son, surrounded by foes, circumvento filio, s. Caes. B. G. 5, 35.
2. succurro, curri, cursum, 3 (to run to the aid of): to r. those who are hard pressed, laborantibus s., Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169: hemp r.s the stomach of beasts of burden, cannabis succurrit jumentorum alvo, Piin. 20, 23, 97: v.SUCCOUR , AID . Phr.: to r. any one from a blockade, obsidione aliquem eximere, Liv. 38, 15.
III. Milit. t. t.: to take the place of:
1. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: they r. one another, alii alios excipiunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 16: 13 cohorts r.d this legion, hanc legionem xiii. cohortes exceperunt, id. ib. 7, 51.
2. succēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to take the place of: with dat.): fresh men r. the exhausted, integri et recentes defatigatis succedunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 16: the cohorts r.d them, cohortes in stationem succedere, id. 4, 32. Phr.: to r. soldiers on guard, permutare stationum vices, Curt. 8, 6, 11: to r. each other in turn, variare vices, Virg. Aen. 9, 164 (R. and A.): he r.s me and takes my post, subit ipse meumque explet opus, Ov. M. 3, 648.
IV. To heighten by contrast: v.RELIEF , III. Phr.: the contrast of the colours mutually r.ing each other, differentia colorum alterna vice sese excitante, Plin. 35, 5, 11 (q. v.): the part on which the light falls seems to be r.d, quod erit illuminatum exstare atque eminere videtur, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.
I. To lighten, alleviate:
1. lĕvo, 1 (to lighten): I will r. you of your burden, ego te fasce levabo, Virg. E. 9, 65: to r. thirst, l. sitim, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26: to r. the violence of the disease, l. vim morbi, Curt. 3, 6, 2: to r. any one from fear, l. aliquem metu, Liv. 2, 22: to r. care and uneasiness of mind by counsel, l. curam et angorem animi consilio, Cic. Att. 1, 18, ad init.: r. your suppliant, levate supplicem vestrum, id. Clu. 70, 200: that remedy cannot r. all sorrows, illa medicina non omnes aegritudines l. potest, id Tusc. 4, 28, 61.
2. rĕlĕvo, 1: whose death has partially r.d you of a burden, cujus mors te ex aliqua parte relevavit, Cic. Fl. 17, 41: to r. hunger, r. famem, Ov. M. 11, 129: to r. any one's mind, r. (alicui) animum, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 11.
3. sublĕvo, 1: to r the toils of the soldiers, s. militum laborem, Caes. B. G. 6, 32: his caresses r.d her fears, blandimentum sublevavit metum, Tac. A. 14, 4: to r. his neighbours with his wealth, s. vicinos facultatibus suis, Cic. Phil. 7, 8, 24.
4. allĕvo, 1: to r. one partially of a burden, a. onus aliqua ex parte, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: I am r.d when I talk with you in your absence, allevor quum loquor tecum absens, id. Att. 12, 39.
5. laxo, 1 (to relax, release): to r. the stomach, stomachum l., Juv. 4, 67: to r. his mind from constant labour, animum ab assiduis laboribus l., Liv. 32, 5, ad init.: to r. our minds from the exertion of dis-*cussion, animos a contentione disputationis l., Cic. de Or. 3, extr.
6. mītĭgo, 1 v.
7. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: v.
8. exŏnĕro, 1: v.
II. To aid, assist:
1. subvĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4: to r. his son, surrounded by foes, circumvento filio, s. Caes. B. G. 5, 35.
2. succurro, curri, cursum, 3 (to run to the aid of): to r. those who are hard pressed, laborantibus s., Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169: hemp r.s the stomach of beasts of burden, cannabis succurrit jumentorum alvo, Piin. 20, 23, 97: v.
III. Milit. t. t.: to take the place of:
1. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: they r. one another, alii alios excipiunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 16: 13 cohorts r.d this legion, hanc legionem xiii. cohortes exceperunt, id. ib. 7, 51.
2. succēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to take the place of: with dat.): fresh men r. the exhausted, integri et recentes defatigatis succedunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 16: the cohorts r.d them, cohortes in stationem succedere, id. 4, 32. Phr.: to r. soldiers on guard, permutare stationum vices, Curt. 8, 6, 11: to r. each other in turn, variare vices, Virg. Aen. 9, 164 (R. and A.): he r.s me and takes my post, subit ipse meumque explet opus, Ov. M. 3, 648.
IV. To heighten by contrast: v.