Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Giová-re, v. a.
1. to help, aid, assist, succour; 2. to please, do one good, avail, profit. Il vino non mi giova, wine does me no good. Me questa vita giova, I like this way of living. A che giova?what signifies? — d'una cosa, to avail one's self of a thing. Che mi giova? what avails me? Mi giova credere, I will believe, I am ready to believe. Giova sperare, it is well to hope; 3. to be, or serve as an example; s. m.Giová-tóre , f. Giová-tríce; adj. Giová-nte.