administro

See also: administró

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əd.miˈnis.tɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əd.miˈnis.tɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [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) IPA^(key): /ad.miˈnis.troː/, [äd̪mɪˈnɪs̠t̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad.miˈnis.tro/, [äd̪miˈnist̪ro]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		administrāre	administrāvisse	administrātūrum esse	administrārī	administrātum esse	administrātum īrī
participles		administrāns	—	administrātūrus	—	administrātus	administrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		administrandī	administrandō	administrandum	administrandō	administrātum	administrātū

Derived terms

• administrātiō
• administrātor
• administrātīvus

 

Related terms

• administrātiuncula
• administrātōrius
• praeministrō

 

Descendants

• → 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