verb
prae-mĭnistro
Meaning
- to wait
prae-mĭnistro, āre, v. n. and a.
I.
I. Neutr., to wait or attend upon, to minister to any one (post-class.):
magistratibus, of the lictors, Gell. 12, 3, 3; cf. id. 10, 3, 13: alicui, App. M. 5, p. 160, 3.—II. Act., to furnish, supply, hand to any one:
ac praeministrasse modulos, Gell. 1, 11, 10; Tert. Bapt. 11: fabulas, id. Apol. 21.