adjūtrix (noun F) : id.
* She that helps, an assistant, helper, etc.
* 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,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 160.
* 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.