LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

administrātiō

administrātiō f (genitive administrātiōnis)
Classical[ad.mɪ.nɪsˈtraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ad.mi.nisˈtrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. administration, management, government (of a city, body)
  2. the handling, operation (of an affair)
    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.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeadministrātiōadministrātiōnēs
genitiveadministrātiōnisadministrātiōnum
dativeadministrātiōnīadministrātiōnibus
accusativeadministrātiōnemadministrātiōnēs
ablativeadministrātiōneadministrātiōnibus
vocativeadministrātiōadministrātiōnēs

admĭnistrātĭo, ōnis, f. administro.
I. Lit., a ministration, aid, assistance: quae nec haberemus, nisi manus et ars accessissent, nec his sine hominum administratione uteremur, Cic. Off. 2, 3, 12: aquae, the right distribution of, Vitr. 9, 8, 10.— Hence,
II. Fig., the direction, management, or administration of a thing, i. q. curatio, procuratio: utrum (di) omni curatione et administratione rerum vacent, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2: rerum magnarum agitatio atque administratio, id. Inv. 2, 54, 163: mundi, id. N. D. 2, 34, 86; so id. Fam. 1, 9; 15, 1: portūs, the use of, Caes. B. C. 1, 25; 2, 2; Liv. 34, 6; Tac. Agr. 19; so absol.: Ideo habentes administrationem, ministry, Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadministrātiō

Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-European *minéwti Proto-Italic *minuō? Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Italic *-(j)ōs? Proto-Italic *minōs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *minosteros Latin minister Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin ministrō Latin administrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin administrātiō From administrō (“aid, assist”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanadministració
  • Englishadministrationfrom Old French administration
  • Frenchadministrationfrom Old French administration
  • Romanianadministrațiefrom Old French administration
  • Italianamministrazione
  • Italianamminsitrazione
  • Occitanadministracion
  • Portugueseadministração
  • Spanishadministración
  • Malayادمينيستراسيfrom Old French administration

Quick answers

What does administrātiō mean in Latin?
administrātiō, a noun, means “administration, management, government (of a city, body); the handling, operation (of an affair)”.
What is the genitive of administrātiō?
The genitive singular is administrātiōnis. administrātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce administrātiō?
In classical Latin, [ad.mɪ.nɪsˈtraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ad.mi.nisˈtrat.t͡si.o].
Where does administrātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin administrātiō.