adiutus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

adiuvō +‎ -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

adiūtus m (genitive adiūtūs); fourth declension

  1. help, aid, assistance
Usage notes
  • Only attested in the ablative.
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative adiūtus adiūtūs
genitive adiūtūs adiūtuum
dative adiūtuī adiūtibus
accusative adiūtum adiūtūs
ablative adiūtū adiūtibus
vocative adiūtus adiūtūs

Etymology 2

adiuvō +‎ -tus (past participle suffix).

Participle

adiūtus (feminine adiūta, neuter adiūtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. having been helped, assisted
  2. (figuratively) having been cheered
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants
  • Old French: aiude, aiue
    • French: aide
    • Norman: ayde
    • Picard: aïude
  • Friulian: aiût
  • Italian: aiuto
  • Ligurian: aggiutto
  • Sicilian: aiutu, ajutu

References

  • adjutus (1)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adjutus (2)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adiutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adiutus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication