adiutus

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Latin iuvō

Latin adiuvō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin adiūtus

From 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Latin iuvō

Latin adiuvō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin adiūtus

From 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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adiūtus	adiūta	adiūtum		adiūtī	adiūtae	adiūta
genitive	adiūtī	adiūtae	adiūtī		adiūtōrum	adiūtārum	adiūtōrum
dative	adiūtō	adiūtae	adiūtō		adiūtīs
accusative	adiūtum	adiūtam	adiūtum		adiūtōs	adiūtās	adiūta
ablative	adiūtō	adiūtā	adiūtō		adiūtīs
vocative	adiūte	adiūta	adiūtum		adiūtī	adiūtae	adiūta

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 (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication