bĕāti

regno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [regnum].

Neutr., to have royal power, to be king, to rule, reign:

ubi Pterela rex regnavit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 257:

Romulus cum septem et triginta regnavisset annos,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 14, 27; 2, 18, 33;

2, 20, 36: Servius injussu populi regnavisse traditur,

id. ib. 2, 21, 37:

(Mithridates) annum jam tertium et vicesimum regnat, et ita regnat, ut, etc.,

id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

tertium jam nunc annum regnans,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25:

regnante Romulo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

(Camers) tacitis regnavit Amyclis,

Verg. A. 10, 564:

quālibet exules In parte regnanto beati,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 39:

Latio regnans,

Verg. A. 1, 265:

regnandi dira cupido,

id. G. 1, 37:

Albae regnare,

Liv. 1, 3:

Romae,

id. 1, 17 fin.; 1, 40:

Tusco profundo,

Ov. M. 14, 223:

Graias per urbes,

Verg. A. 3, 295:

in Colchis,

Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52:

advenae in nos regnaverunt,

Tac. A. 11, 24.—Once poet., like basileuô, with gen.:

quā Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 12.— Impers. pass.:

hic jam ter centum totos regnabitur annos Gente sub Hectoreā,

Verg. A. 1, 272:

quia post Tatii mortem ab suā parte non erat regnandum... in variis voluntatibus regnari tamen omnes volebant,

Liv. 1, 17 Drak. N. cr.:

regnatum Romae ab conditā urbe ad liberatam annos ducentos quadraginta quattuor,

id. 1, 60 fin.:

hinc Cytherea tuis longo regnabitur aevo,

Sil. 3, 592.—

In gen., to be lord, to rule, reign, govern, be supreme (syn. dominor);

in a good sense: quoniam equitum centurias tenes, in quibus regnas,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16 fin.; cf.:

regnare in judiciis,

Quint. 10, 1, 112:

vivo et regno,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 8. —

Esp., of the gods: caelo tonantem credimus Jovem Regnare,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 2:

Saturno regnante,

Ov. F. 1, 193:

secundo Caesare regnes,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 52.—

In a bad sense (very freq.),

to lord it, tyrannize, domineer, Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

regnavit is paucos menses,

id. Lael. 12, 41:

quin se ille interfecto Milone regnaturum putaret,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

Timarchidem fugitivum omnibus oppidis per triennium scitote regnasse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 136:

nec jam libertate contentos esse, nisi etiam regnent ac dominentur,

Liv. 24, 29, 7 Drak.; cf.

so with dominari,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21; Flor. 3, 12, 9.—

Of things, to reign, rule, hold sway (mostly poet.):

umor regnavit in arvis,

Lucr. 5, 395:

(ignis) per ramos victor regnat,

Verg. G. 2, 307:

in totum regnaret Sirius annum,

Stat. Th. 1, 635:

cum regnat rosa (i. e. at a banquet, where the guests were crowned with roses),

Mart. 10, 19, 20: quid faciant leges, ubi sola pecunia regnat? Petr. poët. 14; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 74.—

Trop., to rule, have the mastery, prevail, predominate: Pathêtikon, in quo uno regnat oratio, Cic. Or. 37, 128; cf.:

(eloquentia) hic regnat, hic imperat, hic sola vincit,

Quint. 7, 4, 24; 11, 3, 181:

ardor edendi per avidas fauces regnat,

Ov. M. 8, 829; cf.:

ebrietas geminata libidine regnat,

id. ib. 12, 221:

regnat nequitiā,

Sen. Ben. 1, 10:

morbus regnans,

Grat. Cyn. 462. —

Act., to rule, sway, govern (only in pass., and poet. and in postAug. prose); part. perf. with dat. of agent:

terra acri quondam regnata Lycurgo,

Verg. A. 3, 14:

Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam,

id. ib. 6, 794; Ov. M. 8, 623; 13, 720; id. H. 10, 69; Hor. C. 2, 6, 11; 3, 29, 27; Sil. 14, 7:

si unquam regnandam acceperit Albam,

Verg. A. 6, 770:

trans Lugios Gotones regnantur, paulo jam adductius quam ceterae Germanorum gentes,

Tac. G. 44: exceptis iis gentibus quae regnantur, id. ib 25; cf. id. A. 13, 54:

quae (gentes) regnan tur,

id. H. 1, 16 fin.; Mel. 2, 2, 24:

gens reg. nata feminis,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 76.

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).

Lit.:

deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

manus una (navem) regit,

Lucr. 4, 903:

onera navium velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

arte ratem,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.

clavum,

Verg. A. 10, 218:

te ventorum regat pater,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:

vela,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:

coërcet et regit beluam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

equum,

Liv. 35, 11:

equos,

Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.

quadrupedes,

id. M. 2, 86:

spumantia ora (equi),

id. ib. 8, 34:

frena,

id. P. 4, 12, 24:

equi impotentes regendi,

Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:

currus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

rege tela per auras,

Verg. A. 9, 409:

tela per viscera Caesaris,

Luc. 7, 350; cf.:

missum jaculum,

Ov. M. 7, 684:

sagittas nusquam,

Luc. 7, 515:

regens tenui vestigia filo,

Cat. 64, 113; cf.:

Daedalium iter lino duce,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:

caeca filo vestigia,

Verg. A. 6, 30:

diverso flamina tractu,

Ov. M. 1, 59:

gressus,

Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—

In partic., jurid. t. t.:

regere fines,

to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—

Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.

In gen.:

Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

domum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 61:

rem consilio,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:

belli fera munera Mavors regit,

Lucr. 1, 33; cf.

bella,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:

omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

alicujus animum atque ingenium,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:

animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:

mores,

Ov. M. 15, 834:

animos dictis,

Verg. A. 1, 153:

animum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

ut me ipse regam,

id. ib. 1, 1, 27:

consilia senatus,

Quint. 12, 1, 26:

valetudines principis,

Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:

valetudinem arbitratu suo,

Suet. Tib. 68 al.:

neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,

Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:

jam regi leges, non regere,

Liv. 10, 13:

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:

vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,

Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:

Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,

Tac. H. 3, 50:

nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,

Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—

Transf.

To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:

quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?

Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,

rem publicam,

id. ib. 1, 26, 41;

1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;

2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,

id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:

Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

Frisios,

Tac. A. 4, 72:

populos imperio,

Verg. A. 6, 851:

imperiis Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 230:

legiones,

Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.

cohortes,

id. H. 4, 12:

exercitum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:

domum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:

diva, quae regis Antium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:

Diana, quae silentium regis,

id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:

animi partes consilio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43:

rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,

id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:

Tiberio regente,

Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:

stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

quo regente,

Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:

Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,

i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—

To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):

errantem regere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,

P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:

contemptus regentium,

Tac. A. 12, 54:

in obsequium regentis,

id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:

vita regentis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:

excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:

in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—

rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.

Lit., of horizontal direction:

pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),

Lucr. 4, 439:

sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,

id. 2, 249 Munro:

rectā regione iter instituere,

Liv. 21, 31:

India, rectā regione spatiosa,

Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:

ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:

via,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.

platea,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:

porta,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:

ostium,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:

ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),

Lucr. 4, 93:

cursus hinc in Africam,

Liv. 26, 43:

saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:

recto flumine,

Verg. A. 8, 57:

recto ad Iberum itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:

ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,

Verg. A. 8, 209:

recto grassetur limite miles,

Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

velut rectae acies concurrissent,

in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,

acies,

id. 35, 28:

qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,

Quint. 8, 3, 9:

hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,

Sen. Const. 5, 5:

rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,

id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:

oculi,

Suet. Aug. 16; cf.

acies,

Ov. M. 2, 776:

lumen,

Luc. 9, 638:

vultus,

Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:

ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

saxa,

perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:

rectae prope rupes,

id. 38, 20:

truncus,

Ov. M. 7, 640:

ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:

caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,

Quint. 11, 3, 69:

homines,

straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,

Quintia,

id. 86, 1:

puella,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:

senectus,

Juv. 3, 26:

iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,

does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:

vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,

Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:

crus Rectius,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:

rectior coma,

smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:

longā trabe rectior exstet,

Ov. M. 3, 78:

crura,

Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:

rectissima linea,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

via,

id. 12, 2, 27. —

Trop.

In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):

ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:

rectā viā depelli,

Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;

so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,

Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:

recta consilia dare,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:

quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,

id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:

sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,

id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:

(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,

id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:

per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),

id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:

recto ac justo proelio dimicare,

Liv. 35, 4 fin.:

rectarum cenarum consuetudo,

a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,

cena,

Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:

recta,

Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:

domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),

Sen. Ep. 100, 6:

nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):

absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,

suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:

rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 89:

cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 6;

so (opp. durum et incomptum),

id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:

mutare aliquid a recto,

id. 2, 13, 11:

recta et vera loquere,

i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:

qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,

Quint. 10, 5, 12:

ea plerumque recta sunt,

id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:

rectior divisio,

Quint. 7, 2, 39:

si quid novisti rectius istis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:

rectissima ratio,

Quint. 2, 13, 3.—

In partic.

Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:

nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,

id. Lael. 22, 82;

so with honestum,

id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:

(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:

recta consilia (opp. prava),

Liv. 1, 27:

in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

mens sibi conscia recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604:

fidem rectumque colebat,

Ov. M. 1, 90:

recta ingenia (opp. perversa),

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:

in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:

animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

natura,

id. S. 1, 6, 66:

ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.

auditor,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:

vir rectus et sanctus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:

beatus judicii rectus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:

rectum est gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—

In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;

opp. obliqui casus),

Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,

rectā,

rectō,

rectē.

rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):

hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:

jam ad regem rectā me ducam,

id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:

tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:

Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —

rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):

appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,

Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—

rectē.

Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):

vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4:

sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—

Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):

recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:

fecisti edepol et recte et bene,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;

so with commode,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:

recte et sapienter facit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:

recte atque ordine factum,

Cic. Quint. 7, 28:

recte atque ordine facere,

id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;

v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

recte atque in loco constare,

id. Mur. 12, 26:

recte factum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:

seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:

seu recte seu perperam facere,

Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:

recte dictum (opp. absurde),

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:

recte concludere (opp. vitiose),

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

recte factum (opp. turpiter),

Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:

recte rationem tenes,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:

hercle quin tu recte dicis,

id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:

non recte judicas de Catone,

Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:

rectissime quidem judicas,

id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:

tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:

monere,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:

admonere recte,

id. Men. 5, 9, 33:

suis amicis recte res suas narrare,

properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:

hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,

consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:

aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,

duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:

alicui recte dare epistulam,

correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:

cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,

safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,

sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:

alicui suam salutem recte committere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:

si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,

goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:

ludi recte facti,

id. 36, 2:

ver sacrum non esse recte factum,

id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:

valere,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:

apud matrem recte est,

i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,

recte esse,

id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:

recte sit oculis tuis,

Gell. 13, 30, 11:

olivetum recte putare,

properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:

solet illa recte sub manus succedere,

well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

recte cavere,

to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:

deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,

well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,

vortere,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:

nec recte loqui alicui,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:

nec recte dicere in aliquem,

id. As. 1, 3, 3;

and simply nec recte dicere,

id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:

ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

hic tibi erit rectius,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:

rectius bella gerere,

Liv. 3, 2 fin.:

non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —

With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:

locus recte ferax,

Cato, R. R. 44:

salvus sum recte,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:

morata recte,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

oneratus recte,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

non recte vinctus est,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—

Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—

So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:

rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,

i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,

in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!

Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

tĕr, adv. num. [Sanscr. tris; Gr. tris; cf. tres], three times, thrice.

Lit.: ter sub armis malim vitam cernere, quam semel modo parere, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll. (Trag. v. 297 Vahl.):

haec rude misceto ter in die,

Cato, R. R. 104, 2:

ter in anno,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 9:

ter in anno audire nuntium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 132:

ter aut quater die perfricari,

Cels. 4, 12:

is de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

ter aevo functus senex (Nestor),

Hor. C. 2, 9, 13; cf.:

ter amplus Geryon,

tripleheaded, id. ib. 2, 14, 7:

pepulisse Ter pede terram,

id. ib. 3, 18, 16; 4, 1, 28; id. S. 1, 10, 43:

ter consul,

Plin. Pan. 80:

ter in annum tesseras dare,

Suet. Aug. 40 et saep.—With numerals: ter quattuor corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 108 (Ann. v. 96 Vahl.):

ter quinquagenos sues habere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 22; cf.:

terni ter cyathi,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 14; and:

ter centena epigrammata,

Mart. 2, 1, 1:

ter centum milibus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 116; so,

ter centum (by many written as one word, tercentum),

Verg. A. 1, 272; Ov. M. 14, 146:

ter denis redeuntibus annis,

Verg. A. 8, 47:

ter denas vaccas Accipit,

Ov. F. 4, 635:

ter deno bove,

Sil. 15, 259:

ter et viciens volneratus est,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104.—

Transf., in gen., for an indefinite number, = often or repeatedly:

ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit: Ter revoluta toro est,

Verg. A. 4, 690: ter si resurgat murus aëneus, ter pereat meis Excisus Argivis;

ter uxor Capta virum puerosque ploret,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 65 sq.:

Aeneam magnā ter voce vocavit,

Verg. A. 10, 873; 1, 116; 3, 421; Hor. C. 2, 17, 26 al.:

ter tanto pejor ipsa est,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 73:

ludos apparat... stulte bis terque,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6; so,

bis terque,

Hor. Epod. 5, 33; id. A. P. 358; 440; Ov. M. 4, 517 al.:

bisque terque,

Mart. 4, 82, 3:

terque quaterque manu pectus percussit,

Verg. A. 12, 155; so,

terque quaterque,

id. G. 2, 399:

ter et quater,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 13.—

Esp., with adjj., to denote a high degree:

felices ter et amplius, quos, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

o ego ter felix, si, etc.,

thrice happy, thrice fortunate, Ov. M. 8, 51:

o terque quaterque beati!

Verg. A. 1, 94:

o mihi felicem terque quaterque diem,

Tib. 3, 3, 26.

ū̆trum, adv. [uter].

Introducing an alternative question (direct or indirect), with an beginning the second clause (v. an); in Engl. represented in direct questions simply by the tone of voice, and in indirect questions by whether.

In a direct interrogation.

With ne,

Attached to the emphatic word of the first clause:

utrum tu masne an femina es?

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 16: Ba. Simulato me amare. Pi. Utrum ego istoc jocon' assimulem, an serio, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42:

utrum studione id sibi habet an laudi putat Fore?

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 28:

utrum igitur tandem perspicuisne dubia aperiuntur an dubiis perspicua tolluntur?

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:

utrum censes illum tuamne de se orationem libentius auditurum fuisse an meam?

id. ib. 2, 19, 60.—

With ne attached to utrum, utrumne... an ( poet. and post-Aug.): utrumne jussi persequemur otium... An hunc laborem, etc. Hor. Epod. 1, 7:

utrumne salvum eum nolet orator, an? etc.,

Quint. 12, 1, 40:

utrumne igitur ego sum, Domiti, exemplo gravis an tu, qui, etc.,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4.—

With ne repeated in place of an (very rare): sed utrum terraene motus, sonitusne inferum Pervasit auris? Att. ap. Prisc. 6, p. 680 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 479 Rib.).—

Without ne, utrum... an (class.):

utrum pro ancillā me habes, an pro filiā?

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 13:

utrum hac me feriam, an ab laevā, latus?

id. Cist. 3, 13:

sed utrum nunc tu coelibem ted esse mavis liberum, an maritum servom, etc.,

id. Cas. 2, 4, 11:

utrum pro dimidiā parte, an pro totā societate? Utrum pro me an pro me et pro te?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 32:

utrum ea vestra an nostra culpa est?

id. Ac. 2, 29, 95; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 61.—

In an indirect interrogation.

With ne attached,

To the emphatic word of the first clause: sed utrum strictimne attonsurum dicam esse an per pectinem Nescio, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 18:

videndum'st primum utrum eae velintne an non velint,

id. Most. 3, 1, 151:

cum animo depugnat suo, Utrum itane esse ma. velit... an ita potius,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 26; id. Ps. 2, 4, 19; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 1: de istac rogas Virgine? Py. Ita, utrum praedicemne an taceam? Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum possitne se parsimonia defendere, an, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 30, 92:

videamus, utrum ea fortuitane sint an eo statu, quo, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 34, 87; id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:

est... illa distinctio, utrum... an... et utrum illudne... an, etc.,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 59.—

With ne attached to utrum; utrumne... an ( poet. and post-Aug.):

nec quidquam differre utrumne in pulvere... ludas opus, an meretricis amore Sollicitus plores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 251:

utrumne Divitiis homines an sint virtute beati,

id. ib. 2, 6, 73:

in eo plures dissenserunt, utrumne hae partes essent rhetorices, an ejusdem opera, an elementa,

Quint. 3, 3, 13:

Dareus dubitaverat utrumne circa Mesopotamiam subsisteret, an interiora regna sui peteret,

Curt. 4, 9, 1; Col. 11, 1, 50; Suet. Caes. 80; Tac. Or. 37.—

With ne attached to an; utrum... anne:

me jussit percontarier utrum aurum reddat anne eat secum simul,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 4:

est quaerendumque utrum una species sit earum anne plures,

Cic. Or. 61, 206:

id autem utrum illi sentiant anne simulent, tu intelleges,

id. Att. 12, 51, 2; cf. uter, I. B. 4, fin. —

Without ne:

quid tu, malum, curas, Utrum crudum an coctum edim,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16:

facite indicium, utrum hac an illac iter institerit,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 11:

utrum stultitiā facere ego hunc an malitiā Dicam, incertus sum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 54:

id utrum Romano more locutus sit, an, quomodo Stoici dicunt, postea videro,

Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 3:

permultum interest, utrum perturbatione aliquā animi, an consulto fiat injuria,

id. Off. 1, 8, 27:

quid interest utrum hoc feceris, an, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 75, § 174; id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:

multum interest, utrum laus imminuatur, an salus deseratur,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 8: quomodo transierit, utrum rate an piscatorio navigio, nemo sciebat, Cael. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 41; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Cat. 17, 21.—

With necne (rarely ne) in place of the second clause with an; utrum... necne, whether... or not:

jam dudum ego erro, qui quaeram, utrum emeris necne,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:

di utrum sint necne sint quaeritur,

id. N. D. 3, 7, 17:

utrum proelium committi ex usu esset necne,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50: deliberent, utrum traiciant legiones necne... et Brutum arcessant necne, et mihi stipendium dent an decernant, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 26; Liv. 39, 48, 2.—So, utrum... ne:

cum interrogaretur, utrum pluris patrem matremne faceret? matrem inquit,

Nep. Iphic. 3, 4.—

Introducing a disjunctive question with more than two members, with an beginning each clause after the first.

A direct question:

utrum hoc tu parum commeministi, an ego non satis intellexi, an mutasti sententiam?

Cic. Att. 9, 2:

utrum hoc signum cupiditatis tuae an tropaeum necessitudinis an amoris indicium esse voluisti?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; 2, 3, 36, § 83:

utrum hostem an vos an fortunam utriusque populi ignoratis?

Liv. 21, 10, 6; 6, 7, 3:

utrum major... an majores... an aetas... an cum Karthaginiensi, etc.,

id. 28, 43, 12.—

An indirect question:

in quo (convivio) nemo potest dicere utrum ille plus biberit an vomuerit an effuderit,

Cic. Pis. 10, 22:

utrum admonitus an temptatus an sine duce ullo... nescio,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105.—

Introducing a single question without an expressed alternative (cf. the similar use of an).

In a direct interrogation:

utrum enim in clarissimis est civibus is, quem judicatum hic duxit Hermippus?

Cic. Fl. 19, 45:

utrum igitur hactenus satis est?

id. Top. 4, 25:

utrum majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorti ab diis sunt et finem eum statuerunt?

Liv. 45, 39, 10.—

In an indirect interrogation:

neque utrum ex hoc saltu damni salvum scio eliciam foras,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 30:

an hoc dicere audebis, utrum de te aratores, utrum denique Siculi universi bene existiment, ad rem id non pertinere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167: [p. 1949] Nep. Eum. 6, 1.—With the interrog. particle nam:

cum percontatus esset, utrumnam Patris universa classis in portu stare posset,

Liv. 37, 17, 10 dub. Weissenb. ad loc. (Hertz and Madv. possetne).