admĭnistra, ae, f. [administer],
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.
ad-ministra ae, f administer, a female assistant, handmaid .—Fig.: artes administrae virtutis. ...
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