(κυβερνήτης). A helmsman or pilot, who sat at the stern to
steer the vessel (De
Gubernator. (From a bas-relief found at Puteoli.)
Sen. 9), gave orders to the rowers, and directed the management of the
sails (Verg. Aen. x. 218; Lucan. viii. 193).
He was next in command to the magister and immediately above the proreta.