mĭnistro — Lewis & Short
mĭnistro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.minister,
I to attend, wait upon, serve, esp. at table, to serve up, pour out, hand food or drink (syn.: servio, appareo, praebeo, suggero; class.).
I Lit.
(a) With dat.:
Acastum retine, quo commodius tibi ministretur,Cic. Fam. 16, 14, 2:
cui matronam ministrasse compererat,Suet. Aug. 45.—
(b) With acc.:
nosmet inter nos ministremus,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 7.—
(g) Absol.:
hic ministrabit dum ego edam,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 90.—
II Transf., to take care of, manage, govern, direct; and, in gen., to provide, furnish, supply, give, afford:
ministrare (naves) velis, of the steersman,Verg. A. 6, 302:
naves nec velis ministrantur, nec, etc.,Tac. G. 44:
ministrare victum alicui,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 6:
viros et arma alicui,Tac. H. 4, 12:
prolem,to give, present, produce, Tib. 2, 2, 21:
ministrabant ei de facultatibus suis,Vulg. Luc. 8, 3:
faces furiis Clodianis,Cic. Pis. 11, 26:
equus terga ministrat (for mounting),Val. Fl. 6, 216:
jussa medicorum,to execute, Ov. H. 20, 133.—Also of inanim. subjects:
sarmentum colibus sucum ministrat,Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 2: (vinum) verba ministrat, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 20:
luna ministrat equis,serves them, lights them on their way, Prop. 3, 14, 15:
reges ministrabunt tibi,Vulg. Isa. 60, 10; id. Act. 20, 34.