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administro
administro
See also: administró
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + ministrō (“attend, wait upon; manage; carry out”), from minister (“attendant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad.miˈnis.troː/
Verb
administrō (present infinitive administrāre, perfect active administrāvī, supine administrātum); first conjugation
- I attend upon, assist, serve
- (figuratively) I take charge of, direct, manage, administer, do, accomplish; govern
Inflection
Synonyms
Derived terms
- administrātiō
- administrātīvus
- administrātor
Related terms
- administrātiuncula
- administrātōrius
- praeministrō
Descendants
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References
- administro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- administro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “administro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to keep house: rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare
- to govern, administer the state: rem publicam gerere, administrare, regere, tractare, gubernare
- to manage, govern a province: provinciam administrare, obtinere
- to perform official duties: munus administrare, gerere
- to have charge of the administration of justice: iudicia administrare
- to have the control of the war: bellum administrare
- to keep house: rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare