The corpus record — Latin

adjutrix

adjutrix · f

she that helps

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Where it lives

Hecyra 3 · 3.33/10k
Laelius De Amicitia 2 · 2.14/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 1 · 0.9/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 1 · 0.86/10k
De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 1 · 0.66/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

adjūtrix — Lewis & Short

adjūtrix, īcis, f.id.,

I she that helps, an assistant, helper, etc.

I In gen. (class.): aliqua fortuna fuerit adjutrix tibi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 13; id. Trin. prol. 13: matres filiis in peccato adjutrices solent esse, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 39; id. Eun. 5, 2, 46: id. Hec. prol. alt. 24, 40; 4, 4, 83: Messana tuorum adjutrix scelerum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17: Minerva adjutrix consiliorum meorum, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 57: quae res Plancio in petitione fuisset adjutrix, Cic. Planc. 1: assentatio vitiorum adjutrix, id. Lael. 24, 89: hanc urbem habebat adjutricem scelerum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 160.—

II Esp.: legiones adjutrices, legions raised by the proconsul in the provinces for the purpose of strengthening the veteran army, Tac. H. 2, 43; 3, 44; cf. Suet. Galb. 10; cf. Gruter, Ins. 193, 3; 414, 8; 169, 7 al.

In the wild

adiutrix Cicero, Laelius De Amicitia 89.p2
adiutrix Terence, Eunuchus 5.2
adiutrix Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.2.9
adiutrix Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.17
Adiutrix Tacitus, Historiae 2.46
adiutrix Tertullian, De Cultu Feminarum 2.8

6 of 21 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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