adiutor

adiūtor ōris, m

adiuvo, a helper, assistant, confederate : alcuius honoris: cuius honori semper adiutor fuerit, Cs.: his adiutoribus in re gerendā uti: ad res gerendas, L.: quīs adiutoribus, and with their aid , S.—Esp., an aid, adjutant, assistant, deputy, secretary : dato adiutore Pharnabazo, N.—In the theatre, a secondary actor, support : in scenā constitit, nullis adiutoribus, with no subordinate actors , Ph. — Hence, fig.: haberes Magnum adiutorem, posset qui ferre secundas, H.