hold sway

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.

to give orders, command / to rule, hold sway.

* * *

lībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [libra].

To balance, make even, level, to determine a level: aquam, to level water, i. e. to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level, Vitr. 8, 6, 3: collocationem libratam indicare, id 8, 6, 1.— Pass. impers.:

libratur autem dioptris,

Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—

Transf., to make even or level:

pavimenta,

Cato, R. R. 18, 7.—

To hold in equilibrium, to poise, balance:

terra librata ponderibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

columnarum turbines ita librati perpenderunt, ut puero circumagente tornarentur,

Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:

librati pondera caeli orbe tene medio,

Luc. 1, 58.—

To cause to hang or swing, to keep suspended, keep in its place:

vela cadunt primo et dubia librantur ab aura,

are waved to and fro, Ov. F. 3, 585:

et fluctus supra, vento librante, pependit,

Sil. 17, 274:

aëris vi suspensam librari medio spatio tellurem,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—

To cause to swing, to swing, sway, brandish, set in motion, hurl, dash, cast, launch, fling, throw:

summā telum librabat ab aure,

Verg. A. 9, 417:

ferro praefixum robur,

id. ib. 10, 479:

caestus,

id. ib. 5, 478:

tum librat ab aure intorquens jaculum,

Sil. 5, 576:

dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit,

Ov. M. 2, 311; 5, 624; 7, 787; Luc. 3, 433:

librata cum sederit glans,

Liv. 38, 29: librare se, to balance or poise one's self, to fly:

cursum in aëre,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 11: saepe lapillos Tollunt;

his sese per inania nubila librant,

Verg. G. 4, 196:

haliaeetos librans ex alto sese,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

corpus in herba,

to stretch one's self out on the grass, Ov. F. 1, 429: incidentis manus libratur artifici temperamento, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115:

librare iter,

to take one's way, Sen. Oed. 899.—

Trop.

To make of even weight, to balance, make equal ( poet.):

orbem horis,

Col. 10, 42:

crimina in antithetis,

Pers. 1, 85.—

To weigh, ponder, consider ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

librabat metus,

Stat. Th. 9, 165: quae omnia meritorum momenta perpendit, librat, examinat, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 7: praescriptiones, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 26.— Hence, lībrātus, a, um, P. a.

Level, horizontal:

aquam non esse libratam, sed sphaeroides habere schema,

Vitr. 8, 6.—

Poised, balanced, swung, hurled, launched; forcible, powerful:

librata cum sederit (glans),

Liv. 38, 29:

librato magis et certo ictu,

violent, powerful, Tac. H. 2, 22:

malleus dextra libratus ab aure,

Ov. M. 2, 624:

per nubes aquila librata volatu,

Sil. 15, 429. — Comp.:

libratior ictus,

Liv. 30, 10; cf. id. 42, 65.—Hence, * adv.: lībrātē, deliberately:

aliquid eligere,

Serv. Verg. A. 2, 713.

stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).

Lit.:

te stringam ad carnarium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

stringit vitta comas,

Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

Liv. 22, 51:

pectora pigro gelu,

Luc. 4, 652:

strictos insedimus amnes,

Val. Fl. 1, 414:

mare gelu stringi et consistere,

Gell. 17, 8, 16:

quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

habenam,

to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

ferrum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—

Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

Ov. M. 11, 733:

aequor (aurā),

id. ib. 4, 136:

metas interiore rotā,

id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

latus,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

vestigia canis rostro,

Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

equos,

to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

tela stringentia corpus,

i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

Ov. M. 11, 776:

strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

Flor. 4, 12, 44.—

To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

oleam,

Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

bacam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

quernas glandes,

Verg. G. 1, 305:

folia ex arboribus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

frondes,

Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

hordea,

Verg. G. 1, 317:

arbores,

Col. 6, 3, 7:

celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

strictam aciem offerre,

Verg. A. 6, 291:

ensem,

id. ib. 10, 577; so,

gladios,

id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

ensem,

id. ib. 8, 207;

14, 296: ferrum,

Liv. 7, 40 al.:

cultrum,

id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

manum,

to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—

Trop.

Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

narrationis loco rem stringat,

Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—

To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

Claud. B. Get. 371.—

To waste, consume, reduce:

praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 9, 294:

quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

nomen alicujus,

id. ib. 2, 350.—

To draw in hostility, attack with:

in hostes stringatur iambus,

Ov. R. Am. 377:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.

Lit.:

laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

Liv. 24, 7, 5:

duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

Tac. G. 30:

strictissima janua,

Ov. R. Am. 233:

si strictior fuerit pedatura,

Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

emplastrum,

thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

venter,

i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

strictior aura,

more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, brief, concise:

quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 77:

qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

id. 12, 10, 52.—

Of character, severe, strict:

Catones,

Manil. 5, 106:

mentes,

id. 1, 769:

lex,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—

Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

in foramen conicies,

Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—

Fig., accurately:

strictius interpretari,

Dig. 8, 2, 20.