administro

See also: administró

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əd.miˈnis.tɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əd.miˈnis.tɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.miˈnis.tɾo]

Verb

administro

1. first-person singular present indicative of administrar

Galician

Verb

administro

1. first-person singular present indicative of administrar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ad.mɪˈnɪs.troː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ad.miˈnis.tro]

Etymology 1

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ ministrō (“attend, wait upon; manage; carry out”), from minister (“attendant”).

Alternative forms

• amministrō

Verb

administrō (present infinitive administrāre, perfect active administrāvī, supine administrātum); first conjugation

1. to attend upon, assist, serve

   Synonym: ministrō

2. (figuratively) to take charge of, direct, manage, administer, do, accomplish; govern

   Synonym: ministrō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of administrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	administrō		administrās		administrat		administrāmus		administrātis		administrant
	imperfect	administrābam		administrābās		administrābat		administrābāmus		administrābātis		administrābant
	future	administrābō		administrābis		administrābit		administrābimus		administrābitis		administrābunt
	perfect	administrāvī		administrāvistī		administrāvit		administrāvimus		administrāvistis		administrāvērunt, administrāvēre
	pluperfect	administrāveram		administrāverās		administrāverat		administrāverāmus		administrāverātis		administrāverant
	future perfect	administrāverō		administrāveris		administrāverit		administrāverimus		administrāveritis		administrāverint
passive	present	administror		administrāris, administrāre		administrātur		administrāmur		administrāminī		administrantur
	imperfect	administrābar		administrābāris, administrābāre		administrābātur		administrābāmur		administrābāminī		administrābantur
	future	administrābor		administrāberis, administrābere		administrābitur		administrābimur		administrābiminī		administrābuntur
	perfect	administrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	administrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	administrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	administrem		administrēs		administret		administrēmus		administrētis		administrent
	imperfect	administrārem		administrārēs		administrāret		administrārēmus		administrārētis		administrārent
	perfect	administrāverim		administrāverīs		administrāverit		administrāverīmus		administrāverītis		administrāverint
	pluperfect	administrāvissem		administrāvissēs		administrāvisset		administrāvissēmus		administrāvissētis		administrāvissent
passive	present	administrer		administrēris, administrēre		administrētur		administrēmur		administrēminī		administrentur
	imperfect	administrārer		administrārēris, administrārēre		administrārētur		administrārēmur		administrārēminī		administrārentur
	perfect	administrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	administrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		administrā		—		—		administrāte		—
	future	—		administrātō		administrātō		—		administrātōte		administrantō
passive	present	—		administrāre		—		—		administrāminī		—
	future	—		administrātor		administrātor		—		—		administrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		administrāre			administrārī			administrāns			—
future		administrātūrum esse			administrātum īrī			administrātūrus			administrandus
perfect		administrāvisse			administrātum esse			—			administrātus
future perfect		—			administrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		administrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		administrandī		administrandō		administrandum		administrandō		administrātum		administrātū

Derived terms

• administrātiō
• administrātīvus
• administrātor

Related terms

• administrātiuncula
• administrātōrius
• praeministrō

Descendants

• → Asturian: alministrar
• → Catalan: administrar
• → English: administer, administrate
• → French: administrer
• → Italian: amministrare
• → Portuguese: administrar
• → Romanian: administra
• → Spanish: administrar

References

• “administro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “administro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “administro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to keep house: rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare
    
  • to govern, administer the state: rem publicam gerere, administrare, regere, tractare, gubernare
    
  • to manage, govern a province: provinciam administrare, obtinere
    
  • to perform official duties: munus administrare, gerere
    
  • to have charge of the administration of justice: iudicia administrare
    
  • to have the control of the war: bellum administrare
    

Etymology 2

Noun

administrō

1. dative/ablative singular of administer

Portuguese

Verb

administro

1. first-person singular present indicative of administrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admiˈnistɾo/ [að̞.miˈnis.t̪ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧nis‧tro

Verb

administro

1. first-person singular present indicative of administrar