administra

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

admĭnistra: ae, f. administer,
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.