administratio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From administrō (“aid, assist”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad.mi.nisˈtraː.ti.oː/, [äd̪mɪnɪs̠ˈt̪räːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.mi.nisˈtrat.t͡si.o/, [äd̪minisˈt̪rät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
administrātiō f (genitive administrātiōnis); third declension
- administration, management, government (of a city, body)
- the handling, operation (of an affair)
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Cn. Fuluius Centumalus P. Sulpicius Galba consules cum idibus Martiis magistratum inissent, senatu in Capitolium uocato, de re publica, de administratione belli, de prouinciis exercitibusque patres consuluerunt.
- When the consuls Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus and Publius Sulpicius Galba took up the magistracy on the Ides of March, they summoned the senate to the Capitoline Hill and consulted the senators on issues regarding the state, the handling of the war, the provinces and the armies.
- Cn. Fuluius Centumalus P. Sulpicius Galba consules cum idibus Martiis magistratum inissent, senatu in Capitolium uocato, de re publica, de administratione belli, de prouinciis exercitibusque patres consuluerunt.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | administrātiō | administrātiōnēs |
| Genitive | administrātiōnis | administrātiōnum |
| Dative | administrātiōnī | administrātiōnibus |
| Accusative | administrātiōnem | administrātiōnēs |
| Ablative | administrātiōne | administrātiōnibus |
| Vocative | administrātiō | administrātiōnēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: administració
- English: administration
- French: administration
- Galician: administración
- Italian: amministrazione
- Occitan: administracion
- Portuguese: administração
- Romanian: administrație
- Russian: администра́ция (administrácija)
- Spanish: administración
References edit
- “administratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “administratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- administratio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- administratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.