mĭnistĕrĭum — Lewis & Short
mĭnistĕrĭum, ii, n.minister,
I the office or functions of a minister, attendance, service, ministry, in a good or bad sense; an office, occupation, work, labor, employment, administration, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf.: munus, officium).
I Lit.: sunt qui ita distinguant:
quaedam beneficia esse, quaedam officia, quaedam ministeria: beneficium esse, quod alienus det: officium esse filii, uxoris, etc.: ministerium esse servi, quem conditio sua eo loco posuit, ut nihil eorum, quae praestat, imputet superiori,Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 1:
servorum,Just. 2, 13, 10. ubi ego omnibus parvis magnisque ministeriis praefulcior, Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 6: facere uxoribus, to wait or attend upon, id. 32, 3, 16:
praestare alicui,Dig. 13, 5, 15:
exhibere,ib. 50, 1, 17:
assuetos ministeriis talium facinorum,Liv. 42, 15:
magis necessarium quam speciosi ministerii procurationem intueri,id. 4, 8, 6:
praebere,Dig. 47, 2. 51:
ministerium consilii sui afferre,Just. 31, 5, 8:
fabrilia,Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:
dura,Ov. M. 11, 625:
diurna,id. ib. 4, 216:
navis,Petr. 108:
triste,Verg. A. 6, 223; cf.
foeda,id. ib. 7, 619; Sedul. 4, 130:
Quirinus acribus ministeriis consulatum adeptus,Tac. A. 3, 48:
ministeria belli,military service, id. ib. 2, 78:
ministerio Catonis ... facta provincia Cyprus est,agency, Vell. 2, 38, 6:
caedis,Curt. 10, 1, 2: ministeris functi esse, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 13, 3, 2.—Esp., the Christian ministry, the office of a preacher of Christ or of religion:
verbi,Vulg. Act. 6, 4:
reconciliationis,id. 2 Cor. 6, 18:
melius,id. Heb. 8, 6.—
II Transf., concr.
A A suite of attendants:
quindecim convivarum, ac ministerii capax triclinium,Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 10:
ministeria magistratibus conscribere, i. e. lictores, viatores, etc.,Tac. A. 13, 27:
aulicum,court-servants, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41:
atratum coquinae ministerium,the kitchen-servants, Amm. 14, 6, 17:
varia arenae ministeria,managers of the games, Suet. Ner. 12.—
B A service of dishes, table-service (post-class.): ducentarum librarum argenti pondus ministerium, Lampr Alex. Sev. 34; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86.