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admĭnĭcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [adminiculum] (orig. belonging to agriculture and botany), to prop up, to support.

  1. I. Lit.: vites adminiculatae sudibus, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13; so Col.: vitem adminiculato arborique jungito, de Arb. 16 (Cic. has for this adminiculor, q. v.).
  2. II. Trop., = adjuvo (only ante- and post-class.): adminiculavi voluntatem tuam scribendo, Varr. ap. Non. 77, 16: tribunicio auxilio adminiculati, id. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.: id ipsum, quod dicimus, ex illis quoque Homericis versibus adminiculari potest, i. e. confirmari, Gell. 2, 30; so id. 14, 2: Di vitam hominum adminiculantes, Censor. 3.
    Hence Varr. L. L. 8, § 44 Müll., calls adverbs partes adminiculandi (orationem), auxiliaries of discourse.
    Hence, admĭnĭcŭlātus, a, um, P. a., supported; hence, well furnished or provided: memoria adminiculatior, Gell. praef. 1. 1.

* admĭnĭcŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [adminiculum], i. q. adminiculo, to support, prop (a vine): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, extollat, adminiculetur, etc., * Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39; v. Madv. ad h. l. (Priscian considers this dep. as the usual form, and hence gives the example cited from Varro under adminiculo as an exception, Prisc. p. 791 P.; cf. id. 927 ib.).