adminiculum

English

Noun

adminiculum

1. (medicine) That which gives support to a part.
2. (medicine) The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.

References

• American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)
• A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

Latin

Etymology

From ad- (“at”) +‎ manus (“hand”) +‎ -culum (“tool”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ad.miˈni.ku.lum/, [äd̪mɪˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad.miˈni.ku.lum/, [äd̪miˈniːkulum]

Noun

adminiculum n (genitive adminiculī); second declension

1. a prop, stay, support
2. support, help, aid, assistance
3. assistant, auxiliary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adminiculum	adminicula
Genitive	adminiculī	adminiculōrum
Dative	adminiculō	adminiculīs
Accusative	adminiculum	adminicula
Ablative	adminiculō	adminiculīs
Vocative	adminiculum	adminicula

Descendants

• → Catalan: adminicle
• → English: adminicle
• → Portuguese: adminículo
• → Spanish: adminículo

References

• “adminiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adminiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adminiculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• adminiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.