administrativus

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ad.mɪ.nɪs.traːˈtiː.wʊs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.mi.nis.traˈtiː.vus]^[1]

Forms

administrātīvus (feminine administrātīva, neuter administrātīvum); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

The OLD derives it from administrō “to manage” with the suffix ⟨-īvus⟩, and Wiktionary from administrātiō.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its source is Quintilian, who calls rhetoric an art activa vel administrātīva.^[3][4][5] Köbler dates Quintilian c. 35–95/96 AD.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant practical, suited to the doing of something, active.^[2][3][4]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant administrative, directing.^[6] British Medieval Latin used it for apt to maintain.^[7] German administrativ “of administration” is from it.^[5]

Timeline

• c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^[3][5]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Practical, active.^[2][4]
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Administrative, directing.^[6]

Related words

• administrō
• administrātiō
• minister

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
7. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press