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administratio

administratio · f

a ministration

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 52 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

admĭnistrātĭo — Lewis & Short

admĭnistrātĭo, ōnis, f.administro.

I Lit., a ministration, aid, assistance: quae nec haberemus, nisi manus et ars accessissent, nec his sine hominum administratione uteremur, Cic. Off. 2, 3, 12: aquae, the right distribution of, Vitr. 9, 8, 10.— Hence,
II Fig., the direction, management, or administration of a thing, i. q. curatio, procuratio: utrum (di) omni curatione et administratione rerum vacent, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2: rerum magnarum agitatio atque administratio, id. Inv. 2, 54, 163: mundi, id. N. D. 2, 34, 86; so id. Fam. 1, 9; 15, 1: portūs, the use of, Caes. B. C. 1, 25; 2, 2; Liv. 34, 6; Tac. Agr. 19; so absol.: Ideo habentes administrationem, ministry, Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 1.

In the wild

6 of 109 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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