LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

adiūtor

adiūtor m (genitive adiūtōris)
Classical[adˈjuː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[adˈjuː.tor]

Meaning

  1. helper, assistant
  2. deputy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeadiūtoradiūtōrēs
genitiveadiūtōrisadiūtōrum
dativeadiūtōrīadiūtōribus
accusativeadiūtōremadiūtōrēs
ablativeadiūtōreadiūtōribus
vocativeadiūtoradiūtōrēs

adjūtor, ātus, 1, v. dep., i. q. adjuto, and also ante-class. (found in Pac., Afran., and Lucil.): adjutamini et defendite, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 2; Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 89; Pac. ap. Non. 477, 26: me adjutamini, Afran. ib.: magna adjutatus diu, Lucil. ib.
adjūtor, ōris, m. adjuvo,
I. one who helps, a helper, assistant, aider, promoter (class. through all periods).
I. In gen.: hic adjutor meus et monitor et praemonstrator, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 2: ejus iracundiae, id. Ad. 1, 1, 66: ad hanc rem adjutorem dari, id. Phorm. 3, 3, 26: adjutores ad me restituendum multi fuerunt, Cic. Quint. 9: in psaltria hac emunda, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9: honoris, Cic. Fl. 1: ad praedam, id. Rose. Am. 2, 6; so id. de Or. 1, 59; id. Tusc. 1, 12: tibi venit adjutor, id. N. D. 1, 7: L. ille Torquatus auctor exstitit, id. Sull. 34; id. Off. 2, 15; 3, 33; id. Fin. 5, 30; id. Att. 8, 3; 9, 12; Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Sall. J. 82; Liv. 29, 1, 18: nolite dubitare libertatem consule adjutore defendere, with the aid of the consul, Cic. Leg. Agr. 16; and so often, Cic. Verr. 1, 155; id. Font. 44; id. Clu. 36; id. Mur. 84.—
II. Esp., a common name of a military or civil officer, an aid, adjutant, assistant, deputy, secretary, etc.: comites et adjutores negotiorum publicorum, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3: dato adjutore Pharnabazo, Nep. Con. 4; so id. Chabr. 2; Liv. 33, 43; Suet. Aug. 39; id. Tib. 63; id. Calig. 26: rhetorum (i. e. hypodidascali), Quint. 2, 5, 3; Gell. 13, 9; and in the inscriptions in Orell. 3462, 3200 al.; under the emperors an officer of court, minister (v. Vell. 2, 127; cf. Suet. Calig. 26); usu. with ab and the word indicative of the office (v. ab fin.): adjutor a rationibus, Orell. Inscr. 32: a sacris, ib. 2847: a commentariis ornamentorum, ib. 2892.— Also with gen.: adjutor cornicularii, ib. 3517: haruspicum imperatoris, ib. 3420 al. —In scenic language, adjutor is the one who, by his part, sustains or assists the hero of the piece (πρωταγωνιστής), to which the class. passage, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, refers; cf. Heind. ad Hor. S. 1, 9, 46: in scena postquam solus constitit sine apparatu, nullis adjutoribus, with no subordinate actors, Phaedr. 5, 5, 14; Suet. Gramm. 18; Val. Max. 2, 4, no. 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadiūtor

Latin iuvō Latin adiuvō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin adiūtor From adiuvō (“help”, verb) + -tor (agent suffix).

Elsewhere
  • Englishadjutor
  • Frenchadjuteur
  • Italianadiutore
  • Portugueseadjutor
  • Spanishadjutor
  • Polishadiutor
Italo-Romance
  • Italianaggiutore
  • Italianaiutore
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianajutor

Quick answers

What does adiūtor mean in Latin?
adiūtor, a noun, means “helper, assistant; deputy”.
What is the genitive of adiūtor?
The genitive singular is adiūtōris. adiūtor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce adiūtor?
In classical Latin, [adˈjuː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [adˈjuː.tor].
Where does adiūtor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin adiūtor.