administer Latin · revision 9849

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la minister}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ad.mɪˈnɪs.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.miˈnis.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''administer''' ''m'' (genitive administrī, feminine administra); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''amminister''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[minister]] “servant, attendant”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero, ''administer cupiditātum'' “agent of his desires”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one who is at hand to help, an assistant, attendant, helper, supporter, literally and figuratively, as in Cicero's ''Verrines''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an assistant, attendant, one near to help.^(Stelten 1995) Köbler records it again in a charter of 1136.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1136 – A charter uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|assistant]], attendant, helper.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[administra]]

+ * [[administrō]]

+ * [[minister]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}