adiutor

Latin

Alternative forms

• adjūtor
• azūtor

Etymology

From adiuvō (“help”, verb) +‎ -tor (agent suffix).

Noun

adiūtor m (genitive adiūtōris); third declension

1. helper, assistant
2. deputy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	adiūtor	adiūtōrēs
genitive	adiūtōris	adiūtōrum
dative	adiūtōrī	adiūtōribus
accusative	adiūtōrem	adiūtōrēs
ablative	adiūtōre	adiūtōribus
vocative	adiūtor	adiūtōrēs

Derived terms

• coadiūtor

Descendants

• French: adjuteur
• Italian: adiutore
• Polish: adiutor
• Portuguese: adjutor
• Romanian: ajutor
• Spanish: adjutor
• Malti : awditur

References

• “adiutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers