administer Copy link Outline I. To manage, execute (q. v.)II. To dispense (justice)1. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 32. dīco, dixi, dictum, 3III. To cause to take (medicine)1. do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre2. ădhĭbĕo, 23. ingĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (only with ref. to beastsIV. To cause to take (an oath)1. ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with acc. of person and jusjurandum2. rŏgo, 1 (with abl. sacramento)V. Legal t. t.VI. To supply or contribute to • administer: I. To manage, execute (q. v.): admĭnistro, 1: to a. public affairs, rempublicam a., Liv.: to a. the laws, leges a., Cic. II. To dispense (justice): 1. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to a. justice, jura reddere, Liv.; jus reddere, Tac.: Suet. 2. dīco, dixi, dictum, 3: Volcatius a.s justice at Rome, Volcatius Romae jus d., Cic. III. To cause to take (medicine): 1. do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre: to a. medicine to any one, medicamentum alicui d., Cic. 2. ădhĭbĕo, 2: Hippocrates forbids us to a. medicine to those whose recovery is hopeless, desperatis Hippocrates vetat a. medicinam, Cic. 3. ingĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (only with ref. to beasts: with acc. and ad; acc. alone; or abl.): Plin.: Pall. IV. To cause to take (an oath): 1. ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with acc. of person and jusjurandum: this verb implies that the taking of the oath was compulsory): an oath being a.'d to all, omnibus jusjurandum adactis, Caes.: he a.'d an oath to the accomplices of his crime, ad jusjurandum populares sceleris sui adegit, Sall.: he a.'d an oath to the people, populum jurejurando adegit, Liv. 2. rŏgo, 1 (with abl. sacramento): to a. an oath to soldiers, milites sacramento r., Caes.: Liv. V. Legal t. t.: to act as administrator (q. v.) of the property of an intestate person: prōcūro, 1 (?): to a. an inheritance, hereditatem ab intestato p., cf. Cic. Att. 6, 9: to a. to one's father, patri p., Scaev. VI. To supply or contribute to: q. v.