English → Latin
“administration” in Latin
administrātiōadministration, management, government (of a city, body); the handling, operation (of an affair)fūnctiōperformance, execution (of a task); functionprōcūrātiōadministration, management; stewardshiprēsthing, object, stuff; matter, issue, subject, topic; affair, eventrēspūblicaa republic, commonwealth; the state, nation; politics, civil affairshonorhonor, esteem, dignity, reputation, office
The English word administration itself goes back to Latin ministrō, through administratio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
administration
administratio (general term; e.g., reipublicae, praedii rustici, etc.): functio (performance of the obligations laid upon one by anything, honorum, etc.): procuratio (management far another in his absence; e.g., alienorum bonorum).
Body intrusted with the management of a nation’s affairs, *qui toti reipublicae administrandae praepositi sunt: *qui praefecti sunt rebus publicis: *rerum publicarum curatores: procuratores regni, or qui in procuratione regni sunt (i. e., who rule in the name of a king who is a minor, imbecile, etc.).
Task or office of managing a nation’s affairs, administratio reipublicae; negotia publica; summa imperii, rerum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for administration?
- The usual Latin words for “administration” are administrātiō, fūnctiō, prōcūrātiō; also rēs, rēspūblica, honor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.