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rector, ōris, m. [rego], a guider, leader, director, ruler, master (cf.: moderator, gubernator).

Lit. (mostly post-Aug.), of a helmsman:

navium rectores,

Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24; so Verg. A. 5, 161; 176; Ov. M. 2. 186; 6, 232; 11, 482; 493; id. Tr. 1, 2, 31; [p. 1537] of a horseman, id. A. A. 2, 433; Sil. 17, 138; Tac. Agr. 36 fin.; id. A. 1, 65; Suet. Tit. 4; of an elephant-driver, Liv. 27, 49; 44, 5; Curt. 8, 14, 9; of a herdsman, Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 4.—

Trop., a ruler, leader, governor, etc. (class.):

inesse aliquem non solum habitatorem in hac caelesti ac divinā domo, sed etiam rectorem et moderatorem et tamquam architectum tanti operis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

rector et gubernator civitatis,

id. Rep. 2, 29, 52; cf. id. ib. 5, 3, 5; 5, 4, 6; 6, 1, 1; 6, 13, 13; id. de Or. 1, 48, 211; Liv. 4, 14:

Thebarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 74:

Dolopum,

Ov. M. 12, 364:

populorum,

id. ib. 7, 481; cf.

, of the deity: quid sit summi rectoris ac domini numen,

Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 11, so of Jupiter:

rector caelestūm, deūm, Olympi, etc.,

Cat. 64, 204:

divūm,

Verg. A. 8, 572:

superūm,

Ov. M. 1, 668; 2, 60; 9, 498; 13, 599 al.;

of Neptune: pelagi, maris,

id. ib. 1, 331; 4, 797; 11, 207; Stat. Achill. 1, 61 al.; of the ruler of a province, Tac. A. 2, 4; 12, 40; id. H. 2, 59; 85; Suet. Aug. 89; id. Vesp. 8; of the commander of an army, Tac. Agr. 28; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 11; 36; Suet. Aug. 89; Verg. A. 9, 173 Heyne; of a master of youth, a tutor, instructor, teacher, guide, Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 4; Suet. Aug. 48; id. Tib. 12; Tac. A. 1, 24; 3, 48; 13, 2:

bonorum rector (sapiens),

Sen. Ep. 85, 38. —

Of inanim. or abstr. things: (sol) nec temporum modo terrarumque, sed siderum etiam ipsorum caelique rector,

Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 12:

animus incorruptus, aeternus, rector humani generis,

Sall. J. 2, 3, and v. rectrix; Quint. 12, 10, 56.

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dŏmĭnor, ātus (ante-class. inf domina rier, Verg. A. 7, 70), 1, v. dep. n. [dominus], to be lord and master, to have dominion, bear rule domineer (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: regno, impero, jubeo, praesum).

Prop., absol.:

imperare quam plurimis, pollere, regnare, dominari,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12;

so,

absol., id. 1, 33; id. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Sall. C. 2, 2; Liv. 33, 46; Tac. A. 4, 7; id. H. 1, 21; Verg. A. 2, 363 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in capite fortunisque hominum,

Cic. Quint. 30, 94; so,

in aliqua re,

id. ib. 31, 98; id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51 fin.; Liv. 8, 31; Verg. A. 2, 327; Ov. F. 3, 315 al.— With inter or in: inter aliquos, * Caes. B. G. 2, 31 fin.; so Ov. Am. 3, 6, 63:

dominari in cetera (animalia),

id. M. 1, 77:

in adversarios,

Liv. 3, 53.—With abl.:

summā dominarier arce,

Verg. A. 7, 70.—With the abl. only, Verg. A. 6, 766; 1, 285; 3, 97.— With dat.:

toti dominabere mundo,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 143.—With gen.:

omnium rerum,

Lact. Ira, 14, 3; Tert. Hab. Mul. 1 al. in late Lat.—

Transf., to rule, reign, govern, etc., of inanimate and abstract subjects:

Cleanthes solem dominari putat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41:

mare,

Tac. Agr. 10 fin.:

pestis in magnae dominatur moenibus urbis,

Ov. M. 7, 553:

inter nitentia culta Infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenae,

Verg. G. 1, 154: ubi libido dominatur, Crassus ap. Cic. Or. 65, 219; so,

consilium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38:

potestas (sc. censura) longinquitate,

Liv. 9, 33:

oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 62:

fortuna,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

usus dicendi in libera civitate,

id. de Or. 2, 8, 33; id. Caecin. 25, 71: actio in dicendo, id. ap. Quint. 11, 3, 7:

effectus maxime in ingressu ac fine (causae),

Quint. 8 prooem. §

7 et saep.: senectus si usque ad ultimum spiritum dominatur in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 38.—Hence, dŏmĭnans, antis, P. a., ruling, bearing sway. — Lit.:

a gentibus dominantibus premi,

Lact. 7, 15, 5. — Trop.:

animus dominantior ad vitam,

Lucr. 3, 397; id. 6, 238: dominantia nomina = vulgaria, communia, the Gr. kuria, proper, without metaphor, Hor. A. P. 234. —As subst.: dŏmĭnans, antis, m., an absolute ruler:

cum dominante sermones,

Tac. A. 14, 56; id. H. 4, 74.— Plur., Vulg. Jer. 50, 21; id. Apoc. 19, 16.— Adv.: dŏmĭnante, in the manner of a ruler, Dracont. Hexaem. 1, 331.

► dŏmĭnor, āri, pass., to be ruled: o domus antiqua, heu, quam dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; Nigid. ap. Prisc. p. 793; Lact. Mort. Pers. 16, 7.

dŏmĭnor, ātus (ante-class. inf domina rier, Verg. A. 7, 70), 1, v. dep. n. [dominus], to be lord and master, to have dominion, bear rule domineer (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: regno, impero, jubeo, praesum).

Prop., absol.:

imperare quam plurimis, pollere, regnare, dominari,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12;

so,

absol., id. 1, 33; id. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Sall. C. 2, 2; Liv. 33, 46; Tac. A. 4, 7; id. H. 1, 21; Verg. A. 2, 363 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in capite fortunisque hominum,

Cic. Quint. 30, 94; so,

in aliqua re,

id. ib. 31, 98; id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51 fin.; Liv. 8, 31; Verg. A. 2, 327; Ov. F. 3, 315 al.— With inter or in: inter aliquos, * Caes. B. G. 2, 31 fin.; so Ov. Am. 3, 6, 63:

dominari in cetera (animalia),

id. M. 1, 77:

in adversarios,

Liv. 3, 53.—With abl.:

summā dominarier arce,

Verg. A. 7, 70.—With the abl. only, Verg. A. 6, 766; 1, 285; 3, 97.— With dat.:

toti dominabere mundo,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 143.—With gen.:

omnium rerum,

Lact. Ira, 14, 3; Tert. Hab. Mul. 1 al. in late Lat.—

Transf., to rule, reign, govern, etc., of inanimate and abstract subjects:

Cleanthes solem dominari putat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41:

mare,

Tac. Agr. 10 fin.:

pestis in magnae dominatur moenibus urbis,

Ov. M. 7, 553:

inter nitentia culta Infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenae,

Verg. G. 1, 154: ubi libido dominatur, Crassus ap. Cic. Or. 65, 219; so,

consilium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38:

potestas (sc. censura) longinquitate,

Liv. 9, 33:

oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 62:

fortuna,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

usus dicendi in libera civitate,

id. de Or. 2, 8, 33; id. Caecin. 25, 71: actio in dicendo, id. ap. Quint. 11, 3, 7:

effectus maxime in ingressu ac fine (causae),

Quint. 8 prooem. §

7 et saep.: senectus si usque ad ultimum spiritum dominatur in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 38.—Hence, dŏmĭnans, antis, P. a., ruling, bearing sway. — Lit.:

a gentibus dominantibus premi,

Lact. 7, 15, 5. — Trop.:

animus dominantior ad vitam,

Lucr. 3, 397; id. 6, 238: dominantia nomina = vulgaria, communia, the Gr. kuria, proper, without metaphor, Hor. A. P. 234. —As subst.: dŏmĭnans, antis, m., an absolute ruler:

cum dominante sermones,

Tac. A. 14, 56; id. H. 4, 74.— Plur., Vulg. Jer. 50, 21; id. Apoc. 19, 16.— Adv.: dŏmĭnante, in the manner of a ruler, Dracont. Hexaem. 1, 331.

► dŏmĭnor, āri, pass., to be ruled: o domus antiqua, heu, quam dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; Nigid. ap. Prisc. p. 793; Lact. Mort. Pers. 16, 7.

dŏmĭnus (in inscrr. sometimes written by syncop. DOMNVS), i, m. [Sanscr. damanas, he who subdues, root dam-; Gr. damaô, damnêmi, v. domo] Prop., one who has subdued or conquered; hence, a master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor, owner (cf. herus).

Prop.: quam dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

nec domo dominus, sed domino domus honestanda est, etc.,

Cic. ib. 39, 139; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 58:

(vilicus) consideret, quae dominus imperaverit, fiant, etc.,

Cato R. R. 5, 3 sq.;

so opp. servus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 227; id. Mil. 3, 1, 149; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 6; id. Eun. 3, 2, 33; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 17; id. ap. Non. 355, 19; Cic. Deiot. 11, 30; Sall. J. 31, 11 et saep.;

opp. familia,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9;

opp. ancilla,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 276; and (with herus) Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 3; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 90 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 63 et saep.—Also of the master's son, the young master, Plaut. Capt. prol. 18:

siet in iis agris, qui non saepe dominos mutant... de domino bono colono melius emetur,

Cato R. R. 1, 4; cf. Cic. Att. 12, 19; id. de Sen. 16, 56; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 174; so,

rerum suarum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: auctionum, id. [p. 609] Quint. 5, 19:

insularum,

Suet. Caes. 41:

equi,

id. ib. 61 et saep.—

In gen., a master, lord, ruler, commander, chief, proprietor, owner (in republican Rome of public men, usually with the accessory notion, unlawful, despotic):

hujus principis populi et omnium gentium domini atque victoris,

Cic. Planc. 4 fin.; id. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.:

quippe qui (sc. populi) domini sint legum, judiciorum, belli, pacis, foederum, capitis, uniuscujusque, pecuniae,

id. Rep. 1, 32:

di domini omnium rerum ac moderatores,

id. Leg. 2, 7; cf. id. Fin. 4, 5; id. Univ. 7:

videsne, ut de rege (sc. Tarquinio) dominus exstiterit? hic est enim dominus populi, quem Graeci tyrannum vocant, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 26; cf. id. 1, 45; Verg. A. 4, 214.— Trop.:

liberatos se per eum dicunt gravissimis dominis, terrore sempiterno ac nocturno metu,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 21;

of the judge: qui rei dominus futurus est,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; poët. of the possessor of an art, Ov. M. 1, 524; 13, 138.—

Poet., sometimes as an adj.:

dominae manus,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 30:

arae,

Stat. Th. 5, 578:

praebere caput domina venale sub hasta,

the auction spear, Juv. 3, 33.—

In partic.

With or without convivii or epuli, the master of a feast, the entertainer, host, Cic. Vatin. 13; Lucil., Varr., and Sall. ap. Non. 281, 21 sq.; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 11, 5; Liv. 23, 8 al.—

The master of a play or of public games; the employer of players or gladiators:

quae mihi atque vobis res vortat bene Gregique huic et dominis atque conductoribus,

Plaut. As. prol. 3; Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3.—

In the period of the empire (Augustus and Tiberius declined it, Suet. Aug. 53; Tib. 27), a title of the emperors, Suet. Dom. 13; Mart. 5, 8; 10, 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 14; Inscr. Orell. 1109; 1146 al.—

A term of endearment in addressing a lover, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 11.—

In respectful greeting, like our Sir, Sen. Ep. 3; Mart. 6, 88; Suet. Claud. 21.—

A master or assignee of a forfeited estate, Cic. Quint. 15, 50.—

Of Christ, the Lord (eccl. Lat.):

Augusti Caesaris temporibus natus est Dominus Christus,

Oros. 6, 17 fin.; Vulg. Johan. 13, 13 et saep.

Hĭĕro, ōnis, m., = Hierôn.

Ruler of Syracuse, a friend of the poet Simonides, Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; 3, 34, 83.—

A son of Hierocles, and ruler of Syracuse in the latter half of the third century B.C., a friend of the Romans, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 49; Liv. 21, 49; 22, 37; 24, 4; 26, 40; Just. 23, 4, 1; Sil. 14, 80.—Deriv. Hĭĕrōnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Hiero:

lex frumontaria,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32 sq.; 2, 2, 60, § 147; 2, 3, 6, § 14 sq.

tyrannus, i, m., = turannos.

In gen., a monarch, ruler, sovereign, king (rare, and mostly poet.):

tyrannusque fuerat appellatus (Miltiades), sed justus... omnes autem et dicuntur et habentur tyranni, qui potestate sunt perpetuā in eā civitate, quae libertate usa est,

Nep. Milt. 8, 3; Verg. A. 4, 320; 7, 266; Ov. M. 6, 436; 6, 581; Luc. 7, 227; Val. Fl. 5, 388; 5, 548.—Of the Spartan king Nabis, Liv. 35, 12, 7.—Of Neptune, Ov. M. 1, 276.—Of Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 508.—Of the constellation Capricornus, because it ruled over, influenced the ocean, Hor C. 2, 17, 19.—

In partic., a cruel or severe ruler, a despot, tyrant:

tyrannorum vita,

Cic. Lael. 15, 52; id. Phil. 13, 8, 18; id. Vatin. 9, 23:

importunus atque amens,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 103; id. Mil. 13, 35; id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57:

cum exitiabilis tyrannus (urbem) vi atque armis oppressit,

Liv. 29, 17, 19:

tyrannorum ingeniis mors est remedium,

Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; Flor. 1, 7, 3; Val. Max. 3, 1, 2; Verg. G. 4, 492; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 58: animus noster modo rex est. modo tyrannus;

ubi impotens, cupidus, delicatus est, transit in nomen detestabile ac dirum, et fit tyrannus,

Sen. Ep. 114, 24.— Gen. plur.: tyrannūm novi temeritudinem, Pac. ap. Non. 181, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.: non tyrannum novi, as acc. sing.).

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