administrativus Latin · revision 9848

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=la minister}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ad.mɪ.nɪs.traːˈtiː.wʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.mi.nis.traˈtiː.vus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''administrātīvus''' (feminine administrātīva, neuter administrātīvum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it from [[administrō]] “to manage” with the suffix ⟨-īvus⟩, and Wiktionary from [[administrātiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its source is Quintilian, who calls rhetoric an art ''activa vel administrātīva''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Quintilian c. 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant practical, suited to the doing of something, active.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant administrative, directing.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for apt to maintain.^(DMLBS) German ''administrativ'' “of administration” is from it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|practical|alt=Practical]], active.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|administrative|alt=Administrative]], directing.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[administrō]]

+ * [[administrātiō]]

+ * [[minister]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}