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.mɪˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ad.miˈniː.ku.lum]

Noun

adminiculum n (genitive adminiculī); second declension

1. a prop, stay, support

   Iam vērō vītēs sīc clāviculīs adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt atque ita sē ērigunt ut animantēs.

   The vines we see take hold on props with their tendrils, as if with hands, and raise themselves as if they were animated.

2. support, help, aid, assistance
3. assistant, auxiliary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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.