The corpus record — Latin

adjumentum

adjumentum · n

a means of aid; help

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Where it lives

Pro L. Murena 5 · 4.74/10k
Quomodo Trinitas Unus Deus Ac Non Tres Dii (De Trinitate) 1 · 3.44/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 3 · 2.58/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Postumo 1 · 2.46/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 2 · 2.31/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
Commentariolum Petitionis 1 · 2.3/10k
Pro Fonteio 1 · 2.2/10k
Res Gestae 26 · 2.04/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k
Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 1 · 1.72/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 1 · 1.65/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

adjūmentum — Lewis & Short

adjūmentum, i, n.a contraction of adjuvamentum, from adjuvo,

I a means of aid; help, aid, assistance, support (class.): nihil aderat (in illa puella) adjumenti ad pulchritudinem, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 55: esse alicui magno adjumento ad victoriam, Cic. Brut. 1, 4: Quam ad rem magnum attulimus adjumentum hominibus nostris, id. Off. 1, 1: adjumenta et subsidia consulatūs, id. Mur. 18: adjumenta salutis, id. Sen. 27: multis aliis adjumentis petitionis ornatus, id. Mur. 53: mihi honoribus, id. Imp. Pomp. 24; id. Fin. 5, 21; id. Fam. 13, 30; Sall. J. 45, 2; Quint. prooem. § 27; Ov. P. 4, 13, 31 al.

In the wild

adiumentum Tacitus, Annales 16.p18
adiumenta Cicero, De Officiis 1.72
adiumento Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 13.34.1
adiumenta Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 4.84
adiumentis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 27.3.12
adiumento Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Hispaniensi 41

6 of 110 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. adiumentum (scan pp. 328-329; entry #844). Root candidates: *ieug-, *iugo-, *jukizi-.

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