admĭnistro

ad-mĭnistro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit., to be near as an aid, to attend upon, to assist, to serve (ministrum esse ad aliquam rem):

conductam esse eam, quae hic administraret ad rem divinam tibi,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 37:

omnia per sacerdotes administrabuntur,

Vulg. Num. 18, 7:

David in sua generatione cum administrasset,

ib. Act. 13, 36:

mel ad principia convivii et in secundam mensam administratur,

is served up, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5.—Hence, with esp. ref. to the object,

Fig., to take charge of, to manage, guide, administer, execute, accomplish, do, perform, etc. (the most usual signif. of this word;

very freq. in Cic. and the histt.): a nobis omnia populi R. semper et belli adjumenta et pacis ornamenta administrata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47; so,

provinciam,

to govern, id. ib. 2, 4, 64:

leges et judicia,

id. Div. in Caecil. 22:

rem publicam,

id. Off. 1, 25; so Liv. 6, 6, 11; cf. Drak. Liv. 6, 6, 11:

bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2; id. Div. 2, 36 (a military t. t.); cf.

with exercitus,

id. Inv. 1, 34, 58; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 20, and Cortius ad Sall. J. 92, 9; Caes. B. G. 5, 50; id. B. C. 1, 25, 26; Nep. Chabr. 2; id. Eum. 5 al.:

rem familiarem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 25:

negotium alicujus,

id. Fam. 13, 11:

neque ab uno omnia imperia administrari poterant,

be issued, given, Caes. B. G. 2, 22:

classem,

id. B. C. 3, 18:

navem,

to guide, steer, id. ib. 3, 14:

legionarii, qui dextram partem operis administrabant,

i. e. who conducted the siege on the right side, id. ib. 2, 8:

illustriores legationes,

Nep. Dion. 1:

oppida et fines alicujus,

Sall. J. 22; cf. also Suet. Caes. 76; id. Tib. 8; id. Vitell. 5; id. Vesp. 4; so absol. (the acc. must be supplied from that which precedes):

neque administrandi (sc. navigium) neque repellendi facultas dabatur,

Hirt. B. Al. 21:

milites neque pro opere consistere neque inter vineas sine periculo administrare poterant,

nor... pursue their work without peril, Sall. J. 92, 9:

si celeriter administraverint (sc. hoc opus),

Vitr. 1, 5, p. 19 Rod. (others translate administrare in this place, to put the hand to, to render service, to do one's duty, etc.).—Unus.: virtutem, innocentiam, diligentiam alicujus, to employ, Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5.

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admĭnistrātĭo, ōnis, f. [administro].

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,

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.

fungor, functus, fungi, v. dep. [kindred to Sanscr. bhuj-, frui], to busy one's self with or be engaged in something; to perform, execute, administer, discharge, observe, do (syn.: administro, defungor); constr. with abl., rarely with acc. or absol.

In gen.

With abl.:

valetudo (opportuna est), ut dolore careas et muneribus fungare corporis,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22; cf.:

populari munere,

id. Rep. 3, 35:

virtutis perfectae perfecto munere,

id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109; so,

munere,

id. Rep. 1, 7; 5, 2; id. Off. 2, 16, 57; 2, 20, 70; id. Brut. 16, 63; id. Leg. 1, 3, 10; Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5 al.; cf.:

magnificentissimā aedilitate,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57:

consulatu,

Suet. Caes. 23; id. Galb. 3:

praeturā,

id. Tib. 4; id. Claud. 24; 38; id. Gram. 7:

quaesturā,

id. Aug. 36:

magisterio,

id. Dom. 4:

potius barbarorum quam illius more,

to observe, Nep. Con. 3, 4:

funguntur officio,

perform, Cic. Cael. 9, 21:

officio rhetoris,

Quint. 2, 1, 6; Suet. Claud. 29; cf. Hor. S. 2, 6, 109: cum suam vicem functus officio sit, had filled his own place as husband, Liv. 1, 9, 15:

legationibus,

Quint. 3, 2, 4:

militiā,

Suet. Gram. 9:

oppugnationibus et acie feliciter,

Vell. 2, 95, 2: sacris, Hor. A. P. 224:

laboribus,

id. C. 2, 18, 38; cf.

periculis,

Just. 7, 4:

dapibus,

to have done with the food, Ov. F. 2, 791:

caede,

to murder, id. H. 14, 19:

morte,

to die, id. M. 11, 583; Vell. 2, 49, 1;

for which also: fato,

Ov. M. 11, 559; Quint. 3, 7, 10; Suet. Calig. 6; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5 ext.:

vitā,

Gell. 20, 2, 3; Lact. 2, 1, 1; Dig. 48, 5, 11 fin.; 49, 17, 14:

voto,

to pay a vow, Just. 9, 2:

fungar vice cotis,

to serve instead of, Hor. A. P. 304:

indicis partibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 2:

ter aevo functus senex (Nestor),

who had lived through, enjoyed, Hor. C. 2, 9, 13; cf.:

functo longissima statione mortali,

Vell. 2, 131, 2:

virtute functi duces,

who have shown, exhibited, Hor. C. 4, 15, 29; cf.:

omni virtute functa (femina),

Quint. 6 praef. §

5.—Of things: possunt aliquando oculi non fungi suo munere,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71:

aliquae (vocales) officio consonantium fungantur,

Quint. 1, 4, 10:

levissima quaeque (quaestio) primo loco fungitur,

id. 3, 6, 8 Spald. N. cr.:

res eadem perorationis vice fungitur,

id. 4, 3, 11; cf. id. 4, 1, 75.—

With acc. (so always in Plaut. and Ter. except officiis, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 12; but in class. prose only once in Nep.; v. infra): ingentia munera fungi, Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 12:

munus,

id. ib. 10; Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 5; id. Trin. prol. 1; 2, 2, 73:

militare munus fungens,

Nep. Dat. 1, 2 al.: officium, Pac. ap. Non. 497, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 129 Rib.); Titin. ib. 6 (Com. Rel. v 48 ib.); Turp. ib. 13; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 14; 3, 3, 19; id. Ad. 3, 4, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 51:

sine me alliatum fungi fortunas meas,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 45:

Mago diem fungitur relictis duobus filiis,

i. e. dies, Just. 19, 1, 1:

mala multa animus contagibu' fungitur ejus,

i. e. suffers, Lucr. 3, 734.—

In gerundive, as v.a.:

muneris fungendi gratia,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

ad suum munus fungendum,

id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

per speciem alienae fungendae vicis,

Liv. 1, 41, 6:

spes facta militiae fungendae potioribus ducibus,

id. 24, 21, 3.—

Absol. (very rare):

at facere et fungi sine corpore nulla potest res,

i. e. to suffer, Lucr. 1, 443 sq.;

so 3, 168: pro fultura et substructione fungentur fundamenta,

will serve, Col. 1, 5, 9: nec livida tabes Invidiae functis quamquam et jam lumine cassis Defuit, i. e. to the dead, =defunctis, Stat. Th. 2, 15; cf.:

omnia functa Aut moritura vides,

id. S. 2, 1, 209; id. Th. 4, 483; 511; Albin. 1,393; Aus. Ep.33.

In partic., to perform, discharge, contribute, pay any thing due from one:

hoc vobis est statuendum, quid aratorem ipsum arationis nomine muneris in re publica fungi ac sustinere velitis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199:

per omnes annos atque omnia bella duplici numero se militum equitumque fungi,

Vell. 2, 15, 3:

cum eo sumptu res publica fungatur,

Tac. A. 14, 21:

qui fenus exercent, omnibus patrimonii intributionibus fungi debent, etsi possessionem non habeant,

Dig. 50, 1, 22 fin.

signif. (post-class. and very rare):

pretia rerum non ex affectione, nec utilitate singulorum, sed communiter fungi,

are not taken, Dig. 9, 2, 33:

dos, quae semel functa est, amplius fungi non potest,

Ulp. Fragm. 6, 11.