regō rēxī, rēctus, ere
REG-,
to keep straight, lead aright, guide, conduct, direct, control
: mundum: onera navium velis, Cs.:
arte ratem, O.: clavum, V.: te Ventorum regat pater,
H.: quadrupedes, O.: frena, O.: impotentes regendi
(equos), L.: currūs,
O.: tela per auras, V.: exercitatus finibus in regendis, i. e.
in determining boundarylines
(of estates).—Fig.,
to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct, govern, control
: domum: rem consilio, T.: bella, Cs.: animi motūs:
mores, O.: dictis animos,
V.: ut me ipse regam, H.: neque regerentur magis quam regerent casūs,
S.: iam regi leges, non regere, L.—
To sway, control, rule, govern, be master of
: rem p.: civitates quae ab optimis reguntur: imperio
populos, V.: Diana, quae silentium
regis, H.: ut unius potestate regatur salus
civium: neque suos mores neque suorum libidines: ambitioso imperio
regebat,
used his authority to court popular favor
, Ta.—
To restore, set right, correct
: peccas, ‘te regere possum’:
errantem, Cs.
