adjutrix

adjūtrix, īcis, f. [id.], 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,

id. 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.