adjutor

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈædʒətə(r)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin adiūtor (“helper, assistant”), from adiuvō (“help, assist”).

Noun

adjutor (plural adjutors)

1. An adjutant; a helper or assistant.

Related terms

• adjutory
• adjutrix

Translations

a male adjutant, a helper or assistant

• Polish: adiutor (pl) m
• Romanian: ajutor (ro) m or n

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French adiutoire, adjutoire, from Latin adiūtōrium (“humerus”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology 1.

Noun

adjutor (plural adjutors)

1. The upper arm, as opposed to the forearm.

Related terms

• adjutory bone

Latin

Alternative forms

• adiūtor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [adˈjuː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [adˈjuː.tor]

Noun

adjūtor m (genitive adjūtōris); third declension

1. medieval spelling of adiūtor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	adjūtor	adjūtōrēs
genitive	adjūtōris	adjūtōrum
dative	adjūtōrī	adjūtōribus
accusative	adjūtōrem	adjūtōrēs
ablative	adjūtōre	adjūtōribus
vocative	adjūtor	adjūtōrēs

References

• “adjutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adjutor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Noun

adjutor m pers

1. Pre-1936 spelling of adiutor.

Declension

Declension of adjutor

	singular	plural
nominative	adjutor	adjutorowie
genitive	adjutora	adjutorów
dative	adjutorowi	adjutorom
accusative	adjutora	adjutorów
instrumental	adjutorem	adjutorami
locative	adjutorze	adjutorach
vocative	adjutorze	adjutorowie