"minister" meaning in Latin

See minister in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mɪˈnɪs.tɛr] [Classical-Latin], [miˈnis.t̪er] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *minosteros. Equivalent to minus + comparative suffix *-teros. Compare magister. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*minosteros}} Proto-Italic *minosteros Head templates: {{la-noun|minister/ministr<2>|f=ministra/ministrīx}} minister m (genitive ministrī, feminine ministra or ministrīx); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|minister/ministr<2>}} Forms: ministrī [genitive], ministra [feminine], ministrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], minister [nominative, singular], ministrī [nominative, plural], ministrī [genitive, singular], ministrōrum [genitive, plural], ministrō [dative, singular], ministrīs [dative, plural], ministrum [accusative, singular], ministrōs [accusative, plural], ministrō [ablative, singular], ministrīs [ablative, plural], minister [singular, vocative], ministrī [plural, vocative]
  1. attendant, servant, slave, waiter Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-minister-la-noun-1U3wRWrL Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Occupations Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 69 16 15 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 34 30 36 Disambiguation of Occupations: 78 13 9
  2. agent, aide Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-minister-la-noun-NhfVZ088 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 34 30 36
  3. accomplice Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: cōnscius
    Sense id: en-minister-la-noun-YoUHae~V Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 34 30 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ministerium, ministrō Coordinate_terms: magister, ministra [feminine], ministrīx [feminine]

Inflected forms

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      "text": "→ Danish: minister\n→ Greenlandic: ministeri"
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            "2": "ministro",
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: ministro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: ministro"
    },
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        {
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            "2": "Minister"
          },
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            "2": "ministre",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Old French: ministre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: ministre"
    },
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            "1": "fr",
            "2": "ministre"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "ministre"
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          "expansion": "Middle English: ministre",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Middle English: ministre"
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            "2": "minister"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "→ Old Polish: minister (learned)\nPolish: minister\nSilesian: minister",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Old Polish: minister (learned)\nPolish: minister\nSilesian: minister"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "ministro",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ministro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: ministro"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Romanian: ministru"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "ministro"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: ministro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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        "genitive"
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        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "ministrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minister",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "69 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "34 30 36",
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "78 13 9",
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          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
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        "attendant, servant, slave, waiter"
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        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
        ],
        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      "id": "en-minister-la-noun-NhfVZ088",
      "links": [
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          "agent",
          "agent"
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        [
          "aide",
          "aide"
        ]
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-minister-la-noun-YoUHae~V",
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          "accomplice",
          "accomplice"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cōnscius"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɪˈnɪs.tɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[miˈnis.t̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minister"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 17 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Occupations"
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      "word": "magister"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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            "1": "da",
            "2": "minister",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: minister\n→ Greenlandic: ministeri",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Danish: minister\n→ Greenlandic: ministeri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "ministro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: ministro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: ministro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Minister"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Minister",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Minister"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "miniszter"
          },
          "expansion": "Hungarian: miniszter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hungarian: miniszter"
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            "2": "ministro"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: ministro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: ministro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ministre"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ministre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ministre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "ministre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: ministre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: ministre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "ministre"
          },
          "expansion": "French: ministre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: ministre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "enm",
            "2": "ministre"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: ministre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: ministre"
    },
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            "1": "en",
            "2": "minister"
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          "expansion": "English: minister",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "English: minister"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "zlw-opl",
            "2": "minister",
            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Old Polish: minister (learned)\nPolish: minister\nSilesian: minister",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    },
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            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ministro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ministro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ministro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "ministru"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: ministru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Romanian: ministru"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "мини́стр"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: мини́стр (minístr)"
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            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ministar"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Serbo-Croatian: ministar"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Sicilian: ministru"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "es",
            "2": "ministro"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *minosteros. Equivalent to minus + comparative suffix *-teros. Compare magister.",
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    {
      "form": "ministrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ministra",
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        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ministrīx",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ministrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "ministrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ministrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ministrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ministrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ministrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ministrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "minister",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ministrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "minister/ministr<2>",
        "f": "ministra/ministrīx"
      },
      "expansion": "minister m (genitive ministrī, feminine ministra or ministrīx); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "minister/ministr<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "attendant, servant, slave, waiter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
        ],
        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "agent, aide"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ],
        [
          "aide",
          "aide"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "accomplice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accomplice",
          "accomplice"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cōnscius"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɪˈnɪs.tɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[miˈnis.t̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minister"
}

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  "path": [],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "minister",
  "trace": ""
}

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