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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la minister}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ad.mɪˈnɪs.troː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.miˈnis.tro]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''administrō''' (present infinitive administrāre, perfect active administrāvī, supine administrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ad-|t=to]] and [[ministrō]] “to attend, serve”, from [[minister]] “attendant”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) A spelling ⟨amministrō⟩ also occurs.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus, of assisting at a sacrifice.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to be a helper, assist, as Plautus' help at a sacrifice, and to attend to something.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to work or manoeuvre ships, as in Caesar, to carry out an operation, as in Terence, and to hold an office, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) It meant to manage the affairs of a country, administer laws or an estate, and to bestow or save something.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to administer, manage, minister.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|administer]] came through Old French in the late 14th century, and [[en|administration]] from ''administrātiō'' in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of assisting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of carrying out a task.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of handling ships.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''administer'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To assist; to attend (to).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To work, manoeuvre (ships).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To carry out, conduct; to hold (an office).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To manage, [[m|en|administer]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bestow; to save.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[administrātiō]]
+ * [[administrātīvus]]
+ * [[administrātor]]
+ * [[administrātōrius]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[administrātiuncula]]
+ * [[praeministrō]]
+ * [[ministrō]]
+ * [[minister]]
+ * [[en|administer]]
+ * [[en|administration]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}