I.a female servant, assistant, or helper, a handmaid.—Lit. and fig.: “Camillam qui glossemata interpretati dixerunt administram,” Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.: “multae sunt artes eximiae hujus administrae comitesque virtutis,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13, 36.
admĭnistra , ae, f. administer,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
