adiutorium Latin · revision 33144

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 20 BC–30 AD, Velleius|origins=ine-pro *h₁i-h₁euH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ad.juːˈtoː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ad.juˈtɔː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adiūtōrium''' ''n'' (genitive adiūtōriī or adiūtōrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|adiuvō|-tōrium|t1=to help]], beside [[m|la|adiūtor|t=helper]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|iuvō]] to [[ine-pro|*h₁i-h₁euH-|t=to help]], cognate with [[sa|अवति|tr=ávati|t=helps, protects]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short find it probably not before the Augustan period; their first citation is Velleius, of a great band of Thracians brought along to help in the war.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is help, assistance or support: Seneca speaks of the help of fire, and Quintilian of the support of law.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Columella has it in the plural.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Frontinus uses it of a spring good enough to supplement the water of the Marcia.^(OLD 2012) The grammarians note that the Romans made it neuter where the Greeks used a feminine.^(TLL) Köbler records it in glosses on the Psalter.^(Köbler 2010) In Medieval Latin it is also the material help owed to a substitute by a man who did not serve in the army in person.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius, of Thracian auxiliaries.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of the help of fire.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian, of the support of law.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|help|alt=Help]], [[m|en|assistance]], support.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A supplementation of a water supply.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Material help owed to a substitute in the army.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adiuvō]]

+ * [[adiūtor]]

+ * [[iuvō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}