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  • 121 fumble

    intransitive verb

    fumble at or with — [herum]fingern an (+ Dat.)

    fumble with one's papers — in seinen Papieren kramen (ugs.)

    fumble in one's pockets for something — in seinen Taschen nach etwas fingern od. (ugs.) kramen

    fumble for the light switch — nach dem Lichtschalter tasten

    fumble [about or around] in the dark — im Dunkeln herumtasten

    * * *
    1) (to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty: He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key.) herumfummeln
    2) (to drop a ball (clumsily), or fail to hold or catch it.)
    * * *
    fum·ble
    [ˈfʌmbl̩]
    I. vi
    ▪ to \fumble [around [or about]] with sth an etw dat [herum]fingern, [ungeschickt] mit etw dat [herum]hantieren
    2. (caress)
    ▪ to \fumble [around [or about]] [herum]fummeln fam
    ▪ to \fumble around [or about] [herum]tasten
    ▪ to \fumble for [or about] sth nach etw dat tasten
    \fumble around [or about] in the dark im Dunkeln [umher]tappen
    to \fumble in one's pockets in seinen Taschen kramen
    4. (in speech)
    to \fumble for the right phrase/word [krampfhaft] nach dem passenden Ausdruck/Wort suchen
    5. (in American football) den Ball fallen lassen, patzen fam
    II. vt
    1. (say wrong)
    to \fumble one's lines/a speech seinen Text/eine Rede stammeln
    to \fumble the ball [or catch] (in American football) den Ball verlieren
    to \fumble a play ein Spiel vermasseln [o ÖSTERR a. verhauen] fam
    III. n SPORT [Ballannahme]fehler m
    * * *
    ['fʌmbl]
    1. vi
    umhertasten or -tappen

    to fumble (about) for sth — nach etw suchen or tasten; (in case, pocket, drawer) nach etw wühlen

    to fumble with sth — an etw (dat) herumfummeln

    2. vt
    vermasseln (inf), verpfuschen (inf)

    to fumble the ball — den Ball nicht sicher fangen

    * * *
    fumble [ˈfʌmbl]
    A v/i
    a) herumtappen, -tasten,
    b) (herum)fummeln (at an dat),
    c) ungeschickt umgehen ( with mit),
    d) tastend suchen (for, after nach):
    fumble in one’s pockets in seinen Taschen (herum)wühlen;
    fumble for words nach Worten suchen
    2. SPORT patzen (auch allg):
    a) den Ball fallen lassen
    b) den Ball verhauen
    B v/t
    1. ungeschickt umgehen mit
    2. SPORT verpatzen (auch allg), den Ball fallen lassen oder verhauen
    3. fumble out Worte mühsam (hervor)stammeln
    C s
    1. a) Herumtappen n, -tasten n
    b) (Herum)Fummeln n
    c) ungeschickter Umgang
    d) tastendes Suchen
    2. SPORT Patzer m (auch allg)
    * * *
    intransitive verb

    fumble at or with — [herum]fingern an (+ Dat.)

    fumble [about or around] in the dark — im Dunkeln herumtasten

    * * *
    v.
    tasten v.
    umhertasten v.

    English-german dictionary > fumble

  • 122 incapaz

    adj.
    incapable (no capaz).
    fuimos incapaces de alcanzar la cumbre we weren't able to o didn't manage to reach the top
    es incapaz de hacer una suma sin equivocarse he can't do the simplest sum without making a mistake
    es incapaz de hacer daño a nadie he would never harm anyone
    f. & m.
    ineffectual person, sad pack, lame duck.
    * * *
    1 incapable (de, of)
    ■ es incapaz de decir que no he's incapable of saying no, he can't say no
    2 (incompetente) incompetent
    * * *
    adj.
    1) incapable, unable
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1)

    ser incapaz: no es que sea incapaz, es que no tengo fuerzas — it's not that I can't do it, I just haven't got the strength

    no sé cómo puedes engañarlo, yo sería incapaz — I don't know how you can deceive him, I could never do a thing like that

    • ser incapaz de hacer algo — (=no atreverse, no querer) to never do sth, be incapable of doing sth frm; (=no poder) to be unable to do sth

    ¿es que eres incapaz de hablar en serio? — can't you ever talk seriously?, aren't you capable of talking seriously? frm

    • ser incapaz para algo — to be useless at sth

    2) (=incompetente) incompetent
    3) (Jur) unfit
    4) CAm [niño] trying, difficult
    2.
    SMF incompetent, incompetent fool
    * * *
    I
    1) [ser] (de un logro, una hazaña)

    no lo conseguirá nunca, es incapaz — he'll never do it, he simply isn't capable

    ¿haría tal cosa? - no, hombre, es incapaz — would he do such a thing? - no way, he'd never do a thing like that (colloq)

    2) (Der) incapable
    II
    masculino y femenino (inútil, inepto) incompetent (fool)
    * * *
    = incapable, powerless, incompetent.
    Ex. It is not always correct to conclude that if users fail to frame their questions more specifically it is because they are incapable of doing so.
    Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex. To point out that this question was answered a great many years ago is, as the lawyers say, ' incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial'.
    ----
    * incapaz de = unable to.
    * incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.
    * ser incapaz de = be unable to.
    * * *
    I
    1) [ser] (de un logro, una hazaña)

    no lo conseguirá nunca, es incapaz — he'll never do it, he simply isn't capable

    ¿haría tal cosa? - no, hombre, es incapaz — would he do such a thing? - no way, he'd never do a thing like that (colloq)

    2) (Der) incapable
    II
    masculino y femenino (inútil, inepto) incompetent (fool)
    * * *
    = incapable, powerless, incompetent.

    Ex: It is not always correct to conclude that if users fail to frame their questions more specifically it is because they are incapable of doing so.

    Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex: To point out that this question was answered a great many years ago is, as the lawyers say, ' incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial'.
    * incapaz de = unable to.
    * incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.
    * ser incapaz de = be unable to.

    * * *
    A [ SER]
    (de un logro, una hazaña): no lo conseguirá nunca, es incapaz he will never achieve it, he just isn't capable of it
    ¿haría tal cosa? — no, hombre, es incapaz would he do such a thing? — no way, he'd never do a thing like that ( colloq)
    incapaz DE algo incapable OF sth
    es incapaz de una cosa así he's incapable of doing something like that, he'd never do a thing like that
    resultó incapaz de vencerla he was unable to beat her
    es incapaz de hacerle daño a nadie he's incapable of harming anyone, he wouldn't harm a fly ( colloq)
    este niño es incapaz de estarse quieto un minuto this child is incapable of sitting still o can't sit still for a minute
    es incapaz de escribirme unas líneas he can't even be bothered to write a few lines to me
    B ( Der) incapable
    A (inútil, inepto) incompetent, incompetent fool
    hay que despedir a ese incapaz we'll have to fire that incompetent fool o that hopeless incompetent
    es un incapaz para todo he's totally incompetent o useless o hopeless
    B ( Der) person lacking legal capacity
    * * *

    incapaz adjetivo [ser] (de un logro, una hazaña):
    ◊ no lo conseguirá nunca, es incapaz he'll never do it, he simply isn't capable;

    es incapaz de una cosa así he's incapable of doing something like that;
    es incapaz de llamarme he can't even be bothered to phone me
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (inútil, inepto) incompetent (fool)
    incapaz adjetivo
    1 (que carece de habilidad) unable [de, to]: soy incapaz de enhebrar la aguja, I'm unable to thread the needle
    2 (que carece de la cualidad) incapable [de, of]: es incapaz de insultar a nadie, he's incapable of insulting anyone
    3 (que carece de la capacidad) useless [para, at]: es incapaz para las matemáticas, he's useless at maths
    4 (que carece de la fuerza moral o física) me siento incapaz de mirarle a la cara, I can't look him in the face
    soy incapaz de continuar, I can't go on
    5 Jur unfit [para, for]

    ' incapaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    objetivar
    - penetrar
    - sentirse
    - impotente
    English:
    erratic
    - fail
    - helpless
    - inadequate
    - incapable
    - unable
    - hold
    - unfit
    - wrong
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [no capaz] incapable (de of);
    fuimos incapaces de coronar la cumbre we weren't able to o didn't manage to reach the top;
    es incapaz de hacer daño a nadie he would never harm anyone;
    es incapaz de matar una mosca he wouldn't hurt a fly;
    es incapaz de pedir perdón she would never say she's sorry;
    me siento incapaz de seguir I don't feel able to continue;
    es incapaz de hacer una suma sin equivocarse he can't do the simplest sum without making a mistake
    2. [sin talento]
    incapaz para no good at, useless at;
    soy incapaz para la química I'm no good at o useless at chemistry
    3. Der
    declarar incapaz a alguien to declare sb incapable o unfit
    ♦ nmf
    incompetent, incompetent person
    * * *
    adj incapable (de of)
    * * *
    incapaz adj, pl - paces
    1) : incapable, unable
    2) : incompetent, inept
    * * *
    incapaz adj incapable
    es incapaz de hacerlo he's incapable of doing it / he couldn't do it

    Spanish-English dictionary > incapaz

  • 123 répéter

    répéter [ʀepete]
    ➭ TABLE 6
    1. transitive verb
       a. ( = redire) [+ explication, question, mot] [+ histoire] to repeat
    • répéter à qn que... to tell sb again that...
    • pourriez-vous me répéter cette phrase ? could you repeat that sentence?
       b. ( = rapporter) [+ calomnie, histoire] to repeat
    • c'est un secret, ne le répétez pas ! it's a secret, don't repeat it!
       c. ( = refaire) [+ expérience, exploit, proposition] to repeat
       d. [+ pièce, symphonie, émission] to rehearse ; [+ rôle, leçon] to learn ; [+ morceau de piano] to practise
    • ma mère m'a fait répéter ma leçon/mon rôle I went over my homework/my part with my mother
       e. ( = reproduire) [+ motif, thème] to repeat
    2. reflexive verb
       a. [personne] to repeat o.s.
    • je ne voudrais pas me répéter, mais... I don't want to repeat myself, but...
       b. [événement] to recur
    * * *
    ʀepete
    1.
    1) ( redire) to repeat

    répéter quelque chose à quelqu'un — to say something to somebody again, to tell somebody something again

    répète (un peu pour voir (colloq))! — say that again!

    2) ( rapporter) to tell
    3) ( refaire) to repeat [expérience]
    4) ( rejouer) ( pour harmoniser) to rehearse [pièce]; to rehearse for [concert]; ( pour apprendre) to practise [BrE] [passage]

    2.
    se répéter verbe pronominal
    1) ( redire) ( en rabâchant) to repeat oneself; ( pour se rappeler) to repeat [something] to oneself [phrase, conseil]
    2) ( se reproduire) [phénomène, événement] to be repeated

    si ce genre d'accident se répète... — if this kind of accident happens again...

    * * *
    ʀepete
    1. vt
    1) (= dire) to repeat

    Elle répète toujours la même chose. — She keeps repeating the same thing.

    2) (= préparer) [leçon] to learn, to go over
    3) THÉÂTRE, MUSIQUE to rehearse

    Les acteurs répètent une scène. — The actors are rehearsing a scene.

    2. vi
    [acteurs] to rehearse
    * * *
    répéter verb table: céder
    A vtr
    1 ( redire) to repeat; voulez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît? would you please repeat that?; on ne saurait assez répéter que it cannot be repeated often enough that; répétez après moi repeat after me; faire répéter des élèves to make pupils repeat aloud; il se fait toujours répéter une question avant de répondre he always asks for a question to be repeated before replying; j'ai dû me faire répéter la question trois fois avant de comprendre I had to have the question repeated three times before I understood; répéter qch à qn to say sth to sb again, to tell sb sth again; je ne me le suis pas fait répéter deux fois! I didn't need to be told twice!; répète (un peu pour voir)! say that again!; je l'ai dit et je le répète encore I've said it once and I'll say it again; tu répètes toujours la même chose you keep saying the same thing over and over again; je te répète que tu as tort I keep telling you that you're wrong;
    2 ( rapporter) to tell; ne le répète à personne don't tell anyone; elle répète tout à sa mère she tells her mother everything she hears; promets-moi de ne rien répéter promise me you won't say anything ou repeat this to anyone; elle répète tout ce qu'on lui dit she repeats everything you tell her;
    3 ( refaire) to repeat [essai, expérience, geste]; attaques/menaces/tentatives répétées repeated attacks/threats/attempts;
    4 ( rejouer) ( pour harmoniser) to rehearse [pièce]; to rehearse for [concert]; ( pour apprendre) to practiseGB [passage, morceau]; répéter son rôle to go over ou through one's lines;
    5 ( reproduire) to repeat [forme, son, image]; thème/motif répété indéfiniment theme/pattern repeated indefinitely.
    1 ( redire) ( en rabâchant) to repeat oneself; ( pour se rappeler) to repeat [sth] to oneself [phrase, conseil]; tu l'as déjà dit, tu te répètes! you've already said that, you're repeating yourself!; je me répète tous les jours tes conseils I repeat your advice to myself every day; j'ai beau me répéter que however often I tell myself that;
    2 ( se reproduire) [phénomène, événement] to be repeated; le sinistre scénario s'est répété hier the dreadful scenario was repeated yesterday; cycle qui se répète tous les 60 ans cycle which is repeated every 60 years; l'histoire ne se répète pas history doesn't repeat itself; si ce genre d'accident se répète… if this kind of accident happens again…; que cela ne se répète pas! don't let it happen again!
    [repete] verbe transitif
    1. [dire encore] to repeat
    2. [révéler par indiscrétion - fait] to repeat ; [ - histoire] to retell, to relate
    ne lui répète pas don't tell her, don't repeat this to her
    3. [recommencer] to repeat, to do again
    4. [mémoriser - leçon] to go over (inseparable), to practise ; [ - morceau de musique] to practise ; [ - pièce, film] to rehearse
    5. [reproduire - motif] to repeat, to duplicate ; [ - refrain] to repeat
    ————————
    se répéter verbe pronominal intransitif
    1. [redire la même chose] to repeat oneself
    depuis son premier roman, elle se répète since her first novel, she's just been rewriting the same thing
    2. [se reproduire] to recur, to reoccur, to be repeated

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > répéter

  • 124 чёрт знает

    I чёрт (бес, леший, шут, пёс, хрен) <его (тебя, её, вас, их)> знает (ведает) прост.
    1) (неизвестно, никто не знает) the deuce (the devil alone) knows; damned (darned) if I know

    - А что с опухолью? - спросил Карабаш. - А леший её знает! То ли врачи ошиблись, то ли как-то сама собой рассосалась. (Ю. Трифонов, Утоление жажды) — 'But what happened to the tumour?' asked Karabash. 'Deuce knows! Either the doctors made a wrong diagnosis or it resolved itself.'

    Парень рывком привстал - как не спал. Никитич тоже приподнял голову. - Кто это? - быстро спросил парень. - Шут их знает. (В. Шукшин, Охота жить) — The lad sat bolt upright, as if he had never been asleep. Nikitich also raised his head. 'Who's that?' the young man asked quickly. 'Damned if I know.'

    2) (выражение восторга, возмущения, недоумения и т. п.) deuce knows; gooodness knows

    - Ну и дети пошли, - шутливо взмолился Степан, - не знаешь, как с ними и говорить... - Шут их знает, они теперь такие... взрослые с ними не всегда сговариваются... (В. Ерёменко, Слепой дождь) — 'Well, children these days...' said Stepan in mock despair, 'You just don't know how to talk to them...' 'Goodness knows, they're all like that now and grown-ups can't always come to an understanding with them...'

    II чёрт (бес, леший, пёс) знает прост.
    1) (неизвестно, никто не знает (что, кто, какой, как, где, когда и т. п.)) the devil only (alone) knows (what, who, which, how, where, when, etc.)

    Обычных линий, проведённых синим карандашом и обозначающих противника, не было вовсе. Тылы находились чёрт знает где. (Эм. Казакевич, Звезда) — The usual blue pencil lines showing the enemy positions were absent. And the devil alone knew where the rear services were.

    2) ( выражение отрицательного отношения к чему-либо) deuce knows; there's no knowing (what, where, etc.)

    Кузьма даже плечами вздёрнул: чёрт знает что в этих степных головах! (И. Бунин, Деревня) — Kuzma shrugged his shoulders in bafflement, thinking: 'There's no knowing what these steppeland peasants have in their heads!'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чёрт знает

  • 125 rectum

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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,
    A.
    rectā,
    B.
    rectō,
    C.
    rectē.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C. 1.
    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.—
    2.
    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. —
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rectum

  • 126 regens

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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,
    A.
    rectā,
    B.
    rectō,
    C.
    rectē.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C. 1.
    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.—
    2.
    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. —
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > regens

  • 127 rego

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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,
    A.
    rectā,
    B.
    rectō,
    C.
    rectē.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C. 1.
    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.—
    2.
    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. —
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rego

  • 128 hoek

    1 [wiskunde] angle
    2 [deel van een ruimte/vertrek] corner
    3 [handel] pit
    4 [verborgen plaats] nook 〈 ook hoekje〉
    5 [windstreek] quarter ⇒ point of the compass
    6 [uitstekende puntige zijde/kant] corner 〈 van tafel, oog, mond, straat enz.〉
    7 [landtong, kaap] point, head
    8 [boksen] hook
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   hoek van inval/uitval • angle of incidence/reflection
         〈 figuurlijk〉 iets vanuit de juiste/een andere hoek bekijken • look at something from the right/from a different angle
         in een rechte hoek • at a right angle
         een scherpe/een stompe hoek • an acute/obtuse angle
         die lijnen snijden elkaar onder een hoek van 45° • those lines meet at an angle of 45°
    2   iemand alle hoeken van de kamer laten zien • 〈 figuurlijk〉 beat the living daylights out of someone
         zich niet in een hoek laten drukken • not let oneself be pushed around
         in de hoek staan/zetten • stand/put in the corner
    3   de hoek in oliewaarden verwerven • corner the oil market
    4   zij zochten in alle hoeken en gaten • they searched (in) every nook and cranny
         raak uit de hoek komen • come out with a telling remark
    5   de wind zat in de goede/verkeerde hoek • the wind was in the right/wrong quarter
         hij zit in de hoek waar de slagen vallen • 〈 figuurlijk〉 he's having a hard time of it
         〈 figuurlijk〉 nu weet ik uit wat voor hoek de wind waait • now I know how things stand
         〈 figuurlijk〉 uit die hoek valt niets te verwachten • nothing can be expected from that quarter
    6   de hoek omslaan • turn the corner
         (vlak) om de hoek (van de straat) • (just) round/around the corner
         〈 figuurlijk〉 daarbij komen allerlei problemen om de hoek kijken • that involves all kinds of problems
         de bakker op de hoek • the baker's on the corner
         het vijfde huis van de hoek • the fifth house from the corner
    7   Hoek (van Holland) • the Hook (of Holland)
    8   linkse/rechtse hoek op de kaak • left/right hook to the jaw
    ¶   dode hoek • blind spot

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > hoek

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