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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ad.mɪ.nɪsˈtraː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.mi.nisˈtrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''administrātiō''' ''f'' (genitive administrātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[administrō]] “to manage, assist” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Caesar, of operating something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant operation, handling, as in Caesar, and in Cicero the conduct of an operation and the administration of a country or estate, government.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant governing, administration, control.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for management, the exercise of power, government, an office, a reign, and a lower judicial district.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for supply, provision, and the administration of the sacraments.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''amministrazione'' and French ''administration'', and gave [[en|administration]] in the mid-14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of operating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of government.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''administration'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Operation, handling.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Conduct, management.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Administration]], government.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An office; a judicial district.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[administrātiuncula]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[administer]]
+ * [[administra]]
+ * [[administrātor]]
+ * [[administrō]]
+ * [[minister]]
+ * [[en|administration]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}