con-sōlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [collat. form of consolor], to cheer, comfort, console.
I Act. (ante - class. and very rare): per idem tempus Oedipus Athenas exul venire dicebatur, qui consolaret, Varr. ap. Non. p. 473, 30; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—
II Pass. in a reflex. signif., to console or comfort one's self, find comfort in : cum animum vestrum erga me video, vehementer consolor, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 6; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 6, § 1; Asin. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.—And in a pass. signif.: sic consolatis militibus, etc., Just. 22, 6, 4: a quibus viatores consolari solent, Aug. Conf. 6, 1.