adiumentum Latin · revision 32030

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la iuvō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ad.juːˈmɛn.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ad.juˈmɛn.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adiūmentum''' ''n'' (genitive adiūmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adjūmentum''.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|adiuvō|-mentum|t1=to help]], contracted from ⟨*adiuvāmentum⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) The verb is from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|iuvō|t=to help]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*ijow-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁i-h₁euH-|t=to help]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|अवति|tr=ávati|t=helps, protects]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the Thesaurus is in Plautus' ''Epidicus'';^(TLL) Terence says of a girl that she had nothing to help her beauty.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a means of help, aid, support or assistance, as in Cicero's ''esse alicui magno adiumento'' “to be a great help to someone”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “help, assistance, aid”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of what helps beauty.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A means of [[m|en|aid]], [[m|en|help]], support, assistance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adiuvo|alt=adiuvō]]

+ * [[iuvo|alt=iuvō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}