The corpus record — Latin

administer

administer · m

he who is near to aid

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Where it lives

Jugurtha 3 · 1.41/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 1 · 1.16/10k
Pro L. Flacco 1 · 0.92/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k
Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 1 · 0.75/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 1 · 0.48/10k
In C. Verrem 4 · 0.4/10k
De bello Gallico 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

ad-mĭnister — Lewis & Short

ad-mĭnister, tri, m.,

I he who is near to aid or assist, a servant, an attendant, assistant; lit. and trop. (class.)—Absol.: Jovi se consiliarium atque administrum datum, Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 43: cum neque bellum gerere sine administris posset, Sall. J. 74.— With gen.: puer victūs cotidiani administer, Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77: administri et satellites Sexti Naevii, id. Quint. 25, 80: satelles atque administer audaciae, id. Cat. 1, 3, 4: administer ipsius cupiditatum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54: rerum transactor et administer, id. ib. 2, 69: socius et administer omnium consiliorum, Sall. J. 29, 2.—With ad: administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus utuntur, Caes. B. G. 6, 16.

In the wild

administros Sallust, Jugurtha 75
administri Cicero, Pro P. Quinctio 80.p1
administris Sallust, Jugurtha 73.p2
administris Cicero, Letters to Atticus 4.4A.1
administer Sallust, Jugurtha 28.p2
administer Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.69

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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