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<b class="b2">Servant</b>: P. and V. [[ὑπηρέτης]], ὁ, V. [[πρόσπολος]], ὁ or ἡ; see [[servant]].
<b class="b2">One who looks after anything</b>: Ar. and P. [[ἐπιμελητής]], ὁ, P. [[θεραπευτής]], ὁ.
<b class="b2">One who ministers at a temple</b>: P. [[θεραπευτής]], ὁ, Ar. and V. [[πρόπολος]], ὁ or ἡ; see [[priest]].
<b class="b2">Consul accredited to a foreign state</b>: P. and V. [[πρόξενος]], ὁ.
<b class="b2">Ministers, those in office</b>: P. οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς πράγμασιν.
'''v. trans.'''
<b class="b2">Supply</b>: P. and V. [[παρέχω
|παρέχειν]], πορίζειν, ἐκπορίζειν, παρασκευάζειν; see [[supply]].
<b class="b2">Minister to</b>: P. and V. θεραπεύειν (acc.), ὑπηρετεῖν (dat.), διακονεῖν (dat.).
<b class="b2">Gratify</b>: P. and V. χαρίζεσθαι (dat.).
<b class="b2">Show kindness to</b>: P. and V. εὐεργετεῖν (acc.).
<b class="b2">Minister to</b> (<b class="b2">the sick</b>): P. and V. θεραπεύειν (acc.), V. κηδεύειν (acc.).
<b class="b2">Minister to a god</b>: P. θεραπεύειν (acc.), P. and V. λατρεύειν (dat.).
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mĭnister</b>: tra, trum, adj. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. ministrūm, Stat. S. 3, 1, 86) [a [[double]] comp. in form, from [[minus]] and comp. [[ending]] -ter, Gr. τερ-ος; cf.: [[magister]], [[sinister]], [[that]] is at [[hand]], [[that]] serves, ministers (as an adj. [[only]] [[poet]]. and [[later]]): lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta [[ministra]] tui, [[that]] [[further]], [[promote]]; promotive, or in a subst. [[sense]], Ov. H. 21, 114: [[minister]] Grex, Sil. 11, 274: [[ardor]], Lucr. 5, 297: [[ministro]] baculo, [[with]] the [[aid]] of a [[staff]], Ov. Ib. 261.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> mĭnister, tri, m., an [[attendant]], waiter, [[servant]]; also a [[priest]]'s [[attendant]] or [[assistant]]; [[likewise]] an [[inferior]] [[officer]], underofficial; [[hence]], transf., an [[aider]] in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]], a furtherer, promoter, [[helper]], an [[abettor]], [[accomplice]]: [[centum]] aliae (famulae), totidemque pares aetate ministri, Verg. A. 1, 705: Phrygius, the [[cup]]-[[bearer]] [[Ganymede]], Val. Fl. 5, 691; Mart. 12, 15, 7: Falerni, a [[cup]] -[[bearer]], Cat. 27, 1: ministri publici Martis, Cic. Clu. 15, 43: [[hostia]] Inter cunctantes cecidit moribunda ministros, Verg. G. 3, 488: ministri imperii tui, [[inferior]] officers, under-officials, Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 3: regni, an [[assistant]] in the [[regal]] [[government]], a [[minister]], Just. 16, 1, 3: infimi homines ministros se praebent in judiciis oratoribus, i. e. [[inform]] the orators [[what]] the [[law]] is, Cic. de Or 1, 45, 146: legum, a [[minister]], [[administrator]], id. Clu. 53, 198: sermonum, a [[mediator]], [[negotiator]], Tac. H. 2, 99: consiliorum suorum, Vell. 2, 129, 3: [[Tiberius]] [[Alexander]] ... [[minister]] [[bello]] [[datus]], Tac. A. 15, 28: ministri ac servi seditionum, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13: ministri ac satellites cupiditatum, id. Verr 2, 3, 8, § 21; so, furoris alieni, agents, instruments, Lact. 5, 11: libidinis, Cic Lael. 10, 35: socii scelerum [[atque]] ministri, Lucr. 3, 61: Calchante [[ministro]], [[with]] the [[help]] of [[Calchas]], Verg. A. 2, 100: ministrum esse in maleficio, Cic. Clu. 22, 60: [[minister]] fulminis [[ales]], i. e. the [[eagle]], Hor. C. 4, 4, 1: calidae gelidaeque (aquae) [[minister]], one [[who]] serves, Juv. 5, 63: me [[nemo]] [[ministro]] [[fur]] erit, by my [[aid]], id. 3, 46.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a [[minister]] of [[religion]], a preacher of Christ: ut sim [[minister]] Christi, Vulg. Rom. 15, 16; id. Eph. 3, 7: [[fidelis]], id. ib. 6, 21: Dei, id. 2 Cor. 6, 4: [[optimus]], Aug. Conf. 10, 26.—Of [[inanimate]] things: [[sit]] [[anulus]] [[tuus]] non [[minister]] alienae voluntatis, Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 4: taedae, ardore [[ministro]], suppeditant novum [[lumen]], Lucr. 5, 297.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> mĭnistra, ae, f., a [[female]] [[attendant]], [[maid]]-[[servant]]; a [[female]] [[assistant]] or [[minister]], at [[religious]] [[worship]] ([[class]]. [[only]] in the trop. signif.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: una ministrarum, Ov. M. 9, 90; 306; 14, 705: accipiat missas apta [[ministra]] notas, Ov. A. A. 3, 470: ara deae [[certe]] tremuit, pariente ministrā, i. e. the Vestal Sylvia, id. F. 3, 47.—Also [[among]] Christians: ancillae, quae ministrae dicebantur, i. e. deaconesses, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., a [[servant]], [[handmaid]]; in a [[bad]] [[sense]], an [[aider]], [[accessory]], [[abettor]]: [[ministra]] et [[famula]] corporis res [[familiaris]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: voluptatum satellites et ministrae, id. Fin. 2, 12, 37: [[Camilla]] delegit pacisque bonas bellique ministras, Verg. A. 11, 658.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>mĭnister</b>,¹³ tra, trum ([[minus]], cf. [[magister]]), qui sert, qui aide : Lucr. 5, 297 ; Ov. H. 21, 114.<br />(2) <b>mĭnister</b>,⁹ trī, m., serviteur, domestique : Virg. En. 1, 705 ; Catul. 27, 1 ; Cic. Rep. 1, 66 &#124;&#124; ministre [d’un dieu] : Cic. Clu. 43 &#124;&#124; officier en sous-ordre : ministri imperii [[tui]] Cic. Q. 1, 1, 10, tes subordonnés &#124;&#124; ministre, instrument, agent : Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13 ; Læl. 35 ; Verr. 2, 3, 21 ; Clu. 60 ; [poét.] [[minister]] [[ales]] fulminis Hor. O. 4, 4, 1, l’oiseau qui porte la foudre ; sit [[anulus]] [[tuus]] [[non]] [[minister]] alienæ voluntatis Cic. Q. 1, 1, 13, que ton anneau (ton sceau) soit, [[non]] pas l’instrument d’une volonté étrangère, mais... &#124;&#124; intermédiaire, agent : Tac. H. 2, 99 &#124;&#124; prêtre [de Dieu] : Vulg. Rom. 15, 16.||ministre [d’un dieu] : Cic. Clu. 43||officier en sous-ordre : ministri imperii [[tui]] Cic. Q. 1, 1, 10, tes subordonnés||ministre, instrument, agent : Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13 ; Læl. 35 ; Verr. 2, 3, 21 ; Clu. 60 ; [poét.] [[minister]] [[ales]] fulminis Hor. O. 4, 4, 1, l’oiseau qui porte la foudre ; sit [[anulus]] [[tuus]] [[non]] [[minister]] alienæ voluntatis Cic. Q. 1, 1, 13, que ton anneau (ton sceau) soit, [[non]] pas l’instrument d’une volonté étrangère, mais...||intermédiaire, agent : Tac. H. 2, 99||prêtre [de Dieu] : Vulg. Rom. 15, 16.
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