adiutrix Latin · revision 33651

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁i-h₁euH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [adˈjuː.triːks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [adˈjuː.triks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adiūtrīx''' ''f'' (genitive adiūtrīcis, masculine adiūtor); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|adiuvō|-trīx|t1=to help]], the feminine of [[m|la|adiūtor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|iuvō]] to [[itc-pro|*ijow-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁i-h₁euH-|t=to help]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|अवति|tr=ávati|t=to help, protect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) in whom some fortune is said to have been a helper, ''aliqua fortuna fuerit adiutrix tibi''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a female helper or accomplice:^(OLD 2012) in Terence mothers are their sons' helpers in wrongdoing.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is often used with feminine abstract nouns, as when Terence asks that the audience's authority be a supporter and helper of his own.^(OLD 2012) It is also the title of certain legions, the First and Second ''Adiūtrīx'', in inscriptions and in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012) Inscriptions also have it as a woman's name.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a helping fortune.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of mothers helping their sons.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of the legion ''Prima Adiūtrīx''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A female [[m|en|helper]], [[m|en|assistant]] or [[m|en|accomplice]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The title of certain legions.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adiūtor]]

+ * [[adiuvō]]

+ * [[iuvō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}