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  • 1 via

    vĭa, vĭae, f. ( arch. vĕa ou vĕha, ae)    - arch. gén. sing. vias, viāï --- dat. abl. plur. vieis. [st1]1 [-] route, chemin, voie, endroit par où l'on passe, passage, rue.    - munire viam: ouvrir, construire une route.    - via Appia: la voie Appia.    - via Sacra: la voie Sacrée. [st1]2 [-] parcours, marche, trajet, voyage, chemin parcouru.    - se dare in viam: se mettre en route.    - ingredi viam: prendre une route; qqf. se mettre en route.    - ire viā: suivre la route, ne pas quitter la route.    - inter vias: chemin faisant, en route.    - de via languere, Cic.: être fatigué du voyage.    - de via decedere: - [abcl]a - s'écarter de la route, s'égarer. - [abcl]b - au fig. s'écarter du droit chemin. - [abcl]c - céder le pas, laisser le passage.    - decedere alicui de via, Cic. Plaut. ou decedere alicui viā, Suet. ou decedere alicui in via, Ter.: céder le pas à qqn, laisser le passage à qqn, se ranger devant qqn, laisser le haut du pavé à qqn.    - mare et viae (viae ac mare): voyages par mer et par terre.    - totā viā errare, Ter.: se tromper du tout au tout.    - via tridui: trois jours de marche.    - cum tridui viam processisset, nuntiatum est ei Ariovistum ad occupandum Vesontionem contendere, Caes. BG. 1: après trois jours de marche, on lui apprit qu’Arioviste se dirigeait vers Besançon pour s’en emparer.    - rectā viā narrare, Ter.: raconter franchement.    - qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1: ils ne savent pas se conduire eux-mêmes et veulent guider les autres. [st1]3 [-] tout passage: canal, conduit, rue (dans un camp), couloir (dans un théâtre); oesophage ou pharynx; larynx; fente, ouverture, issue. [st1]4 [-] voie, moyen, manière, méthode.    - habeo certam viam atque rationem qua omnes illorum conatus investigare possim, Cic. Verr. 1: j'ai un moyen sûr, une méthode certaine qui me permettra de suivre à la piste toutes leurs entreprises.    - ratione et viā, Cic. avec bon sens et méthode.    - viā et arte dicere, Cic. Brut. 12: parler avec art et méthode.    - viae fallendi, Tibul.: moyens de tromper.    - via laudis: chemin qui mène à la gloire.
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    vĭa, vĭae, f. ( arch. vĕa ou vĕha, ae)    - arch. gén. sing. vias, viāï --- dat. abl. plur. vieis. [st1]1 [-] route, chemin, voie, endroit par où l'on passe, passage, rue.    - munire viam: ouvrir, construire une route.    - via Appia: la voie Appia.    - via Sacra: la voie Sacrée. [st1]2 [-] parcours, marche, trajet, voyage, chemin parcouru.    - se dare in viam: se mettre en route.    - ingredi viam: prendre une route; qqf. se mettre en route.    - ire viā: suivre la route, ne pas quitter la route.    - inter vias: chemin faisant, en route.    - de via languere, Cic.: être fatigué du voyage.    - de via decedere: - [abcl]a - s'écarter de la route, s'égarer. - [abcl]b - au fig. s'écarter du droit chemin. - [abcl]c - céder le pas, laisser le passage.    - decedere alicui de via, Cic. Plaut. ou decedere alicui viā, Suet. ou decedere alicui in via, Ter.: céder le pas à qqn, laisser le passage à qqn, se ranger devant qqn, laisser le haut du pavé à qqn.    - mare et viae (viae ac mare): voyages par mer et par terre.    - totā viā errare, Ter.: se tromper du tout au tout.    - via tridui: trois jours de marche.    - cum tridui viam processisset, nuntiatum est ei Ariovistum ad occupandum Vesontionem contendere, Caes. BG. 1: après trois jours de marche, on lui apprit qu’Arioviste se dirigeait vers Besançon pour s’en emparer.    - rectā viā narrare, Ter.: raconter franchement.    - qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1: ils ne savent pas se conduire eux-mêmes et veulent guider les autres. [st1]3 [-] tout passage: canal, conduit, rue (dans un camp), couloir (dans un théâtre); oesophage ou pharynx; larynx; fente, ouverture, issue. [st1]4 [-] voie, moyen, manière, méthode.    - habeo certam viam atque rationem qua omnes illorum conatus investigare possim, Cic. Verr. 1: j'ai un moyen sûr, une méthode certaine qui me permettra de suivre à la piste toutes leurs entreprises.    - ratione et viā, Cic. avec bon sens et méthode.    - viā et arte dicere, Cic. Brut. 12: parler avec art et méthode.    - viae fallendi, Tibul.: moyens de tromper.    - via laudis: chemin qui mène à la gloire.
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        Via, viae. Voye, Chemin ou rue.
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        Angusta viarium. Virgil. Destroicts de rues, Rues estroictes.
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        Impatiens viae. Ouid. Qui ne peult endurer le travail du chemin.
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        Opaca viarum. Virgil. Chemins obscurs.
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        Strata viarum. Virgil. Les pavez des rues.
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        Viae vrbis. Cic. Les rues de la ville.
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        Tres viae sunt ad Mutinam: a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia. Cic. Il y a trois chemins.
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        Maris tuta via. Ouid. Le chemin par mer.
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        Via. Cic. Le cheminer.
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        Quum de via languerem. Cic. A cause du chemin.
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        Video quot dierum via sit. Cic. Combien il fault de journees pour faire ce chemin, Combien il y a de journees.
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        Aliquorum dierum viam in Macedoniam, ad Planciumque perrexi. Cic. J'ay marché avant dedens le pays de Macedonie quelques journees.
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        Via, per translationem. Cic. Maniere, Moyen.
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        Siqua via est. Virgil. S'il y a quelque moyen.
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        Via et arte dicere. Cic. Par art.
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        Viam litigandi tradere. Cic. Enseigner à plaider.
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        Morum via. Stat. Reigle et exemple de bonnes meurs.
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        Via ad gloriam proxima. Cic. Le plus brief et court moyen de parvenir à gloire.
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        AEstuosa et puluerulenta via. Cicero. Un chemin chauld et pouldreux.
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        Breuis. Virgil. Court chemin.
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        Deteriorem viam facere. Vlpian. Empirer le chemin.
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        Deterrima via. Cic. Tresmauvais chemin.
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        Facilis via. Virgil. Chemin aisé.
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        Siquis cloacam in publicam viam immitteret, exque ea re minus habilis via per cloacam fieret, teneri eum Labeo scribit. Vlpian. Moins commode.
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        Implicitae viae errore. Lucan. Chemins esquels y a beaucoup de destours et d'autres chemins traversants, qui font errer et fourvoyer les passants.
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        Inuia. Virgil. Par où on ne peult passer.
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        Liquidae viae. Lucret. Chemin par mer ou riviere.
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        Lubrica via plagae. Stat. L'ouverture d'une playe encore sanglante et fraischement faicte.
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        Militaris via. Cic. Le grand chemin à pied et à cheval.
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        Mollis. Seneca. Chemin aisé.
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        Prima via. Plautus, - dummodo nunc prima via Inducamus, vera vt esse credat, quae mentibimur. Tout du premier coup, Tout premierement.
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        Publica. Vlpianus. Chemin commun et passant.
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        Simplex via mortis. Virgil. Un seul moyen de mourir.
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        Subita via. Ouid. Departement soubdain, Allee soubdaine.
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        Terrena. Vlpian. Chemin qui n'est point pavé.
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        Trita. Cic. Chemin frayé, Chemin batu.
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        Velatae viae. Ouid. Rues tendues et couvertes, comme à la feste Dieu.
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        Vicinales viae. Paulus iuriscons. Chemins publiques qui sortent parmi les terres, et se vont rendre aux villages.
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        Accipere viam. Quintil. Prendre et tenir le chemin qu'on nous baille et monstre.
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        Aggredi alia via. Terent. Par autre voye et moyen.
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        Occultas vias agere. Virgil. Faire voye soubz terre.
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        Errore viae actus. Virgil. Fourvoyé, Desvoyé.
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        Aperire viam. Vlpian. Remettre le chemin en sa premiere largeur.
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        Aperit viam vis. Virgil. Force se fait faire voye.
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        Calcanda omnibus via lethi. Horat. Touts sont subjects à mourir, Touts passeront par, etc.
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        Carpere viam. Virgil. S'acheminer, Cheminer, S'avoyer.
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        Committere se viae. Cic. Se mettre en chemin.
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        Conficere viam. Cic. Cheminer son chemin, Accomplir son chemin.
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        Construere vias. Lucan. Faire un chemin ou passage.
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        Corripere viam. Virgil. S'acheminer, Se mettre vistement à chemin, S'avoyer.
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        Corrumpere viam publicam. Vlpianus. Gaster le grand chemin passant.
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        Indociles vias currit lympha. Propert. Qu'on ne luy a point enseigné ne monstré.
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        Decedere de via. Cicero. Se destourner du chemin, Se desvoyer, Se destordre.
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        Deerrantes via equi. Seneca. Se desvoyants.
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        Depelli recta via. Quintil. Estre desvoyé.
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        Dare viam alicui perfundum suum. Cic. Luy donner passage.
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        Siqua viam dederit fortuna. Virgil. Si fortune nous donne les moyens.
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        Dat aura viam. Ouid. Quand on ha vent à gré sur mer.
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        Nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam. Cicero. Ils ne nous ouvrent point le chemin.
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        In viam dare se, vel Committere se viae. Cic. Se mettre en chemin, S'avoyer, S'acheminer.
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        Ire viam. Virgil. Aller.
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        Ire atque redire viam. Virgil. Aller et revenir.
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        Errare via. Virgil. Se fourvoyer, Se tordre, ou destordre.
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        Tota via errare. Terent. Errer totalement, Se fourvoyer du tout.
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        Euadere viam. Virgilius. Eschapper hors du mauvais chemin et dangereux.
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        Excedere nota regione viarum. Virgil. Preceder ses compaignons par rues et chemins qu'on congnoist.
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        Exigere viam dicuntur Magistratus. Asconius. Quand ils contraignent chascun de faire paver devant sa maison.
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        Hinc via Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad vndas. Virgil. Qui meine, etc.
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        Veterem et obsoletam viam ingressi sunt. Liu. Ce n'est pas chose nouvelle, Ce n'est rien de nouveau, On ha assez ouy parler de semblables faicts. B.
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        Insistere viam agendi aliquid. Virgil. Instituer ou commencer et exercer l'art et maniere de faire quelque chose.
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        Inuenire viam. Virgil. Trouver moyen d'eschapper.
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        Noscere omnes vias pecuniae. Cic. Congnoistre touts les moyens d'avoir argent.
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        Pergere viam. Cic. Marcher avant.
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        Omnes vias persequar, quibus putabo ad id, quod volumus, perueniri posse. Cic. Je poursuyvray touts les moyens.
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        Praecipitare viam. Ouid. Haster fort son chemin, Courir.
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        Procedere viam. Cic. Marcher oultre.
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        Progredi viam. Cic. Avancer chemin.
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        Rapere viam aliquo. Sil. Courir.
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        Reduci alio flexu ad rectam viam. Quintil. Se radresser et remettre ou revenir au droict chemin.
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        Reficere viam. Vlpianus. Refaire et r'habiller.
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        Secare viam. Virgil. Cheminer.
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        Sequi viam aliquam in re aliqua. Cic. Suyvre une facon de faire.
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        Strauit viam per mare Xerxes. Lucret. A faict et estendu un pont de basteaux sur la mer pour passer son armee.
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        Sternere viam lapide. Vlpian. Paver.
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        In via esse. Cic. Estre en chemin.
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        Saltu viam superare. Virgil. Saulter par dessus.
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        Tenere vias omnes amoris. Plaut. Scavoir touts les tours.
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        Tentare viam. Virgil. Essayer le moyen.
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        Terere viam. Ouid. Cheminer, Frayer.
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        Tradere viam optimarum artium alicui. Cic. L'enseigner et l'adresser en la voye de bonnes sciences.
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        Venire viam multorum dierum. Cic. Cheminer plusieurs journees.
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        Vorare viam. Catul. Despescher chemin.
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        Vti via. Cic. Ne decliner ne ca ne là.
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        Via peruolgata patrum. Terent. Selon la coustume, ou à la maniere accoustumee des peres.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > via

  • 2 via

    via, ae, f. (altlat. vea, verw. mit eo, ire), der Weg, I) eig.: A) der Raum, auf dem man geht, fährt usw., a) der Weg, die Straße, Fahrstraße, militaris, Heerstraße, Hauptstraße, Cic.: via Appia, Flaminia, s. Appius, Flaminius: via Ostiensis, s. Ōstiēnsis unter Ostia. – via triumphalis, s. triumphālis. – via silici strata, Inscr.: vias sternere silice in urbe, glareā extra urbem substruere marginareque, Liv.: in viam se dare, Cic.: viae se committere, Cic.: ex via excedere, Caes.: so auch de via decedere, Suet.: declinare de via ad dexteram, Cic.: viā ire, auf der Straße = auf geradem Wege gehen, -bleiben, Liv.: dare alci viam, Raum geben, Platz machen, Liv.; aber dare alci viam per fundum, einen Weg erlauben, Cic.: viam facere od. pandere od. aperire, Liv. u.a.: viam inire od. ingredi, Cic., od. insistere, Ter.: signat viam, den Weg, die Bahn (die der Pfeil durchlaufen soll), Verg.: viam reperire non posse, keinen Weg (ins Meer), v. einem Flusse, Verg. – inde in collem aperta undique et conspecta ferebat via, Liv.: via in Persidem ferens, Curt. – Sprichw., qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. fr. scen. 321: de via in semitam degredi, Plaut. Cas. 675: totā viā errare, gänzlich irren, Ter. eun. 245. – b) der Weg, die Straße = die Gasse, in der Stadt, transversa, Cic.: sacra, s. sacer. – im Lager, Caes. b.G. 5, 49, 7. – c) derGang, α) im Theater, Mart. 5, 14, 8. Tert. de spect. 3. – β) der Gang od. Kanal im Körper, v. der Speiseröhre, Cic.: v. der Luftröhre, Ov. – γ) die Ritze, Spalte, durch die etwas dringt, Verg. georg. 2, 79. – δ) der Streifen an einem Kleide, Tibull. 2, 3, 54. – B) abstr., der Weg = Gang, die Reise, der Marsch, nocturna, der Nachtmarsch, Liv.: inter vias, unterwegs, Komik. u. Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 2726, I (aber inter viam bloß schlechte Konjektur Cic. ad Att. 4, 3, 5): in via, Ter.: de via languere, von der Reise, Cic.: viam facere, gehen, reisen, Plaut. u. Ov.: rectā viā, geradeswegs, Ter.: dah. rectā, viā, narrare, gerade heraussagen, Ter.: primā viā, beim Beginn des W. = gleich vom Anfang an, Plaut. mil. 253: unam tibi viam et perpetuam esse vellent, wünschten, daß du nie wiederkämest, Cic. – verb., mare et (atque) viae, viae ac mare, See- u. Landreisen, lassus maris et viarum, Hor. carm. 2, 6, 7: odio maris atque viarum, Hor. ep. 1, 11, 6: taedio viarum ac maris, Tac. ann. 2, 14. – II) bildl.: A) im allg.: vitae via, haec vitae via, Cic. Flacc. 105; de lege agr. 1, 27; Sest. 140 u.a. Hor. ep. 1, 17, 16. Sen. de brev. vit. 9, 5. Lact. epit. 67, 12: via vivendi, Cic. de off. 1, 118: rectam vitae viam sequi, ibid.: via ad gloriam, Cic. de off. 2, 12, 43. – de via (vom geraden Wege der Tugend) decedere, Cic.: redire in viam, Ter., in veram viam, Plaut.: viam aperire potentiae, luxuriae, Eingang verschaffen, Vell.: utor viā, ich gehe die Mittelstraße, Cic. – B) insbes.: 1) der Weg = die Gelegenheit, zu etw. zu gelangen, das Mittel, Mittel und Wege, optimarum artium vias tradere, Cic.: habeo certam viam, Cic.: viam fraudis inire, Liv. – 2) der Weg, Gang = die Methode, Regel, Verfahrungsweise, die Art und Weise, via curandi, medendi, Cels.: patrum, Ter.: aliā aggrediemur viā, Ter.: per omnes vias leti, Liv.: utraque (lex) suā viā it, geht seinen eigenen Gang, Sen. – dah. viā, methodisch, regelmäßig, in gehöriger Ordnung, dicere, Cic.: progredi, Cic.: verb. ratione et viā, Cic.: viā quādam et ratione, Cic. – / Alte Genetivformen: vias, Enn. ann. 441: viai, Enn. ann. 203*. Lucr. 1, 406 u.a.: Dat. Plur. vieis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 206. lin. 50. 56. 69: Abl. vieis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200, 26: vies, Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 1410. – vulg. Nbf. veha nach Varro r.r. 1, 2, 14.

    lateinisch-deutsches > via

  • 3 via

    via, ae, f. (altlat. vea, verw. mit eo, ire), der Weg, I) eig.: A) der Raum, auf dem man geht, fährt usw., a) der Weg, die Straße, Fahrstraße, militaris, Heerstraße, Hauptstraße, Cic.: via Appia, Flaminia, s. Appius, Flaminius: via Ostiensis, s. Ostiensis unter Ostia. – via triumphalis, s. triumphalis. – via silici strata, Inscr.: vias sternere silice in urbe, glareā extra urbem substruere marginareque, Liv.: in viam se dare, Cic.: viae se committere, Cic.: ex via excedere, Caes.: so auch de via decedere, Suet.: declinare de via ad dexteram, Cic.: viā ire, auf der Straße = auf geradem Wege gehen, -bleiben, Liv.: dare alci viam, Raum geben, Platz machen, Liv.; aber dare alci viam per fundum, einen Weg erlauben, Cic.: viam facere od. pandere od. aperire, Liv. u.a.: viam inire od. ingredi, Cic., od. insistere, Ter.: signat viam, den Weg, die Bahn (die der Pfeil durchlaufen soll), Verg.: viam reperire non posse, keinen Weg (ins Meer), v. einem Flusse, Verg. – inde in collem aperta undique et conspecta ferebat via, Liv.: via in Persidem ferens, Curt. – Sprichw., qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. fr. scen. 321: de via in semitam degredi, Plaut. Cas. 675: totā viā errare, gänzlich irren, Ter. eun. 245. – b) der Weg, die Straße = die Gasse, in der Stadt, transversa, Cic.: sacra, s. sacer. – im Lager, Caes. b.G. 5, 49, 7. – c) der
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    Gang, α) im Theater, Mart. 5, 14, 8. Tert. de spect. 3. – β) der Gang od. Kanal im Körper, v. der Speiseröhre, Cic.: v. der Luftröhre, Ov. – γ) die Ritze, Spalte, durch die etwas dringt, Verg. georg. 2, 79. – δ) der Streifen an einem Kleide, Tibull. 2, 3, 54. – B) abstr., der Weg = Gang, die Reise, der Marsch, nocturna, der Nachtmarsch, Liv.: inter vias, unterwegs, Komik. u. Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 2726, I (aber inter viam bloß schlechte Konjektur Cic. ad Att. 4, 3, 5): in via, Ter.: de via languere, von der Reise, Cic.: viam facere, gehen, reisen, Plaut. u. Ov.: rectā viā, geradeswegs, Ter.: dah. rectā, viā, narrare, gerade heraussagen, Ter.: primā viā, beim Beginn des W. = gleich vom Anfang an, Plaut. mil. 253: unam tibi viam et perpetuam esse vellent, wünschten, daß du nie wiederkämest, Cic. – verb., mare et (atque) viae, viae ac mare, See- u. Landreisen, lassus maris et viarum, Hor. carm. 2, 6, 7: odio maris atque viarum, Hor. ep. 1, 11, 6: taedio viarum ac maris, Tac. ann. 2, 14. – II) bildl.: A) im allg.: vitae via, haec vitae via, Cic. Flacc. 105; de lege agr. 1, 27; Sest. 140 u.a. Hor. ep. 1, 17, 16. Sen. de brev. vit. 9, 5. Lact. epit. 67, 12: via vivendi, Cic. de off. 1, 118: rectam vitae viam sequi, ibid.: via ad gloriam, Cic. de off. 2, 12, 43. – de via (vom geraden Wege der Tugend) decedere, Cic.: redire in viam, Ter., in veram viam, Plaut.: viam aperire potentiae, luxuriae, Eingang verschaf-
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    fen, Vell.: utor viā, ich gehe die Mittelstraße, Cic. – B) insbes.: 1) der Weg = die Gelegenheit, zu etw. zu gelangen, das Mittel, Mittel und Wege, optimarum artium vias tradere, Cic.: habeo certam viam, Cic.: viam fraudis inire, Liv. – 2) der Weg, Gang = die Methode, Regel, Verfahrungsweise, die Art und Weise, via curandi, medendi, Cels.: patrum, Ter.: aliā aggrediemur viā, Ter.: per omnes vias leti, Liv.: utraque (lex) suā viā it, geht seinen eigenen Gang, Sen. – dah. viā, methodisch, regelmäßig, in gehöriger Ordnung, dicere, Cic.: progredi, Cic.: verb. ratione et viā, Cic.: viā quādam et ratione, Cic. – ⇒ Alte Genetivformen: vias, Enn. ann. 441: viai, Enn. ann. 203*. Lucr. 1, 406 u.a.: Dat. Plur. vieis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 206. lin. 50. 56. 69: Abl. vieis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200, 26: vies, Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 1410. – vulg. Nbf. veha nach Varro r.r. 1, 2, 14.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > via

  • 4 via

    vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
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    In gen.:

    viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,

    Dig. 8, 3, 8:

    Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

    et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,

    Mart. 7, 61, 4:

    aut viam aut semitam monstret,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

    mi opsistere in viā,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

    ire in viā,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:

    omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:

    decedam ego illi de viā,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:

    paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    decedere viā,

    Suet. Tib. 31:

    aestuosa et pulverulenta via,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

    in viam se dare,

    to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:

    te neque navigationi neque viae committere,

    id. ib. 16, 4, 1:

    tu abi tuam viam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:

    milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,

    along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:

    ire publicā viā,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

    de viā in semitam degredi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:

    totā errare viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
    2.
    In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:

    tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

    Via Appia,

    id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;

    v. Appius: Via Campana,

    Suet. Aug. 94;

    v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:

    Via Sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1;

    also written as one word, SACRAVIA,

    Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):

    cum de viā languerem,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

    nisi de viā fessus esset,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    bidui,

    id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

    longitudo viae,

    Liv. 37, 33, 3:

    flecte viam velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 28:

    tum via tuta maris,

    Ov. M. 11, 747:

    feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,

    id. H. 16, 22:

    ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,

    by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
    2.
    In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:

    omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:

    quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,

    id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):

    vitae,

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:

    via vivendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    rectam vitae viam sequi,

    id. ib.:

    Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

    haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:

    haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,

    Liv. 36, 27, 8:

    invenire viam ad mortem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:

    totidem ad mortem viae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:

    cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:

    totam ignoras viam gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,

    Tac. A. 16, 17:

    habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

    defensionis ratio viaque,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §

    4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    docendi via,

    id. Or. 32, 114:

    optimarum artium vias tradere,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 102:

    rectam instas viam,

    i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:

    ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:

    ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:

    in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

    rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:

    ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):

    ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

    viā et arte dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
    C.
    Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > via

  • 5 via

        via ae (old viāī, Enn. ap. C.), f    [VAG-], a way, highway, road, path, street: Roma, non optimis viis: ire in viā, T.: omnibus viis notis essedarios emittebat, Cs.: via, quā Assoro itur Hennam: viā ire, by the highway, L.: tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia: Via Sacra, H.: castra angustiis viarum contrahit, etc., i. e. of the passages (between the tents), Cs. —Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. C.: totā errare viā, T.— A way, passage, channel, pipe, entrance: omnes eius (sanguinis) viae, i. e. veins: a medio intestino usque ad portas iecoris ductae viae, ducts: Spirandi viae, the windpipe, O.: Finditur in solidum cuneis via, a cleft, V.: harundo Signavit viam flammis, its path, V.—A way, march, journey: in viam se dare: tridui, a three days' journey, Cs.: longitudo viae, L.: Flecte viam velis, V.: lassus maris et viarum, H.: inter vias, on the road, T. —Fig., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, course: ut rectā viā rem narret, i. e. directly, T.: vitae via conversa, H.: rectam vitae viam sequi: haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est, L.: gloriae: (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam.— Abl, by the right way, in the proper manner, correctly, unerringly, properly: in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum, etc.: ipsus secum eam rem reputavit viā, T.: viā et arte dicere.
    * * *
    way, road, street; journey

    Latin-English dictionary > via

  • 6 via

    ae f. (арх. gen. Enn vias)
    1) дорога, путь
    viam munire C (facere, aperire L) — строить (прокладывать) дорогу; но тж.
    viam facere Pl, O — совершать путь, идти или ехать
    v., quā Assoro itur Hennam C — дорога из Ассора в Генну
    modo quae fuerat, semĭta, facta via est M — то, что недавно было тропинкой, стало дорогой
    dare alicui viam L — давать дорогу, уступать место кому-л.
    rectā viā Ter — прямо, напрямик
    totā viā errare Ter — совершенно сбиться с пути, перен. жестоко ошибаться
    de viā decedere Su (declinare C) — сбиться с (отклониться от) прямого пути
    v. vitae или vivendi C, H, Sen etc. — жизненный путь или образ жизни
    3) путь, ход, езда, поездка, движение, путешествие
    in viā Ter и inter vias Pl, Ter — в пути, дорогой
    alicui viam perpetuam esse velle ирон. C — желать кому-л. бесконечного пути, т. е. больше не вернуться
    alicui viam per fundum suum dare C — разрешить кому-л. проход через своё владение
    4) сухопутье, путешествие сухим путём
    6) проход, дорожка
    7) пищеварительный канал, пищевод (viae, quae pertĭnent ad jecur C)
    v. vocis и v. spirandi O — дыхательный путь, дыхательное горло
    8) расщелина, щель
    9) полоска, просвет, прошивка
    10) путь, способ, средство, образ, манера (v. vitae или vivendi C etc.)
    eādem viā Ter, Sl — тем же способом, таким же образом
    11)
    а) метод (v. medendi CC; optimarum artium C)
    viā — методически, планомерно ( dicere C)

    Латинско-русский словарь > via

  • 7 rēctā

        rēctā adv.    [ abl f. of rectus; sc. viā], straightway, straightforward, right on, directly. Tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā, T.: ab subselliis in rostra rectā: perge in exsilium: Tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum, H.
    * * *
    directly, straight

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  • 8 recta

    rēctā, Adv., sc. viā (rectus), geradeswegs, direkt, Enn. fr., Komik., Cic. u.a.: rectā domum, (geht) stracks nach Hause, Petron. 58, 13.

    lateinisch-deutsches > recta

  • 9 recta

    rēctā, Adv., sc. viā (rectus), geradeswegs, direkt, Enn. fr., Komik., Cic. u.a.: rectā domum, (geht) stracks nach Hause, Petron. 58, 13.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > recta

  • 10 recta

    rēctā adv. (sc. viā)
    прямо, напрямик (pergere ad aliquem Ter; de cubiculo in triclinium ire Pt)

    Латинско-русский словарь > recta

  • 11 vía

    f
    1) путь, дорога (тж перен.)
    vía pública собир. — городские улицы, площади
    2) колея, борозда
    5) железная дорога, железнодорожный путь
    6) анат. канал, путь
    7) род занятий; образ жизни
    estar en vías de... — находиться в процессе (реализации и т.п.)
    9) юр. ход ( дела)
    por vía ejecutiva — через суд, судебным путём
    ••
    vía crucis (sacra) — страдания, мучения
    de una vía dos mandados ≈≈ убить двух зайцев

    БИРС > vía

  • 12 vía

    f
    1) путь, дорога (тж перен.)

    vía aérea — воздушная трасса; авиалиния

    vía pública собир. — городские улицы, площади

    2) колея, борозда
    5) железная дорога, железнодорожный путь
    6) анат. канал, путь
    7) род занятий; образ жизни
    8) метод, способ; процесс ( чего-либо)

    estar en vías de... — находиться в процессе (реализации и т.п.)

    9) юр. ход ( дела)

    por vía ejecutiva — через суд, судебным путём

    ••

    vía de agua — течь, пробоина

    vía crucis (sacra) — страдания, мучения

    vía recta — прямо, напрямик

    de una vía dos mandados ≈≈ убить двух зайцев

    Universal diccionario español-ruso > vía

  • 13 vìa recta

    сущ.

    Испанско-русский универсальный словарь > vìa recta

  • 14 vea

    vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,

    Dig. 8, 3, 8:

    Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

    et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,

    Mart. 7, 61, 4:

    aut viam aut semitam monstret,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

    mi opsistere in viā,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

    ire in viā,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:

    omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:

    decedam ego illi de viā,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:

    paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    decedere viā,

    Suet. Tib. 31:

    aestuosa et pulverulenta via,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

    in viam se dare,

    to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:

    te neque navigationi neque viae committere,

    id. ib. 16, 4, 1:

    tu abi tuam viam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:

    milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,

    along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:

    ire publicā viā,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

    de viā in semitam degredi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:

    totā errare viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
    2.
    In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:

    tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

    Via Appia,

    id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;

    v. Appius: Via Campana,

    Suet. Aug. 94;

    v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:

    Via Sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1;

    also written as one word, SACRAVIA,

    Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):

    cum de viā languerem,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

    nisi de viā fessus esset,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    bidui,

    id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

    longitudo viae,

    Liv. 37, 33, 3:

    flecte viam velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 28:

    tum via tuta maris,

    Ov. M. 11, 747:

    feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,

    id. H. 16, 22:

    ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,

    by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
    2.
    In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:

    omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:

    quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,

    id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):

    vitae,

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:

    via vivendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    rectam vitae viam sequi,

    id. ib.:

    Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

    haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:

    haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,

    Liv. 36, 27, 8:

    invenire viam ad mortem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:

    totidem ad mortem viae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:

    cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:

    totam ignoras viam gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,

    Tac. A. 16, 17:

    habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

    defensionis ratio viaque,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §

    4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    docendi via,

    id. Or. 32, 114:

    optimarum artium vias tradere,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 102:

    rectam instas viam,

    i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:

    ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:

    ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:

    in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

    rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:

    ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):

    ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

    viā et arte dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
    C.
    Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vea

  • 15 Напрямик

    - recta via; recta; directe; aperte; sine fuco ac fallaciis;

    Большой русско-латинский словарь Поляшева > Напрямик

  • 16 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

  • 17 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

  • 18 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

  • 19 rectus

    rectus, a, um part. passé de rego. [st2]1 [-] gouverné, administré. [st2]2 [-] dressé, redressé. [st2]3 [-] droit (vertical ou horizontal), direct. [st2]4 [-] direct, simple, sans détours. [st2]5 [-] régulier, correct, complet. [st2]6 [-] raisonnable, sensé, judicieux. [st2]7 [-] droit, loyal, honnête, juste, bien. [st2]8 [-] qqf. ferme, inébranlable.    - recta (tunica): tunique droite (sans ceinture).    - recta (caena): repas dans les règles, repas complet.    - rectus casus, Quint.: le nominatif.    - rectum est + inf.: il est raisonnable de, il est juste de.    - recto ad Hiberum itinere contendunt, Caes.: ils vont droit vers l'Ebre.    - rectum, i, n. - [abcl]a - ligne droite. - [abcl]b - le bien, le juste, le droit, la droiture.    - nihil invenies rectius recto, Sen.: on ne peut rien trouver de plus droit que la droiture.    - ante oculos rectum stat, Ov.: le droit se dresse devant les yeux.    - recto, adv.: Inscr. directement, en doite ligne, tout droit.    - recta via, Plaut.: le droit chemin.    - rectā, adv. (s.-ent. viā): tout droit, en droite ligne, directement.    - erat in animo recta proficisci ad exercitum, Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2: j'ai l'intention d'aller tout droit à l'armée (erat: imparfait épistolaire).
    * * *
    rectus, a, um part. passé de rego. [st2]1 [-] gouverné, administré. [st2]2 [-] dressé, redressé. [st2]3 [-] droit (vertical ou horizontal), direct. [st2]4 [-] direct, simple, sans détours. [st2]5 [-] régulier, correct, complet. [st2]6 [-] raisonnable, sensé, judicieux. [st2]7 [-] droit, loyal, honnête, juste, bien. [st2]8 [-] qqf. ferme, inébranlable.    - recta (tunica): tunique droite (sans ceinture).    - recta (caena): repas dans les règles, repas complet.    - rectus casus, Quint.: le nominatif.    - rectum est + inf.: il est raisonnable de, il est juste de.    - recto ad Hiberum itinere contendunt, Caes.: ils vont droit vers l'Ebre.    - rectum, i, n. - [abcl]a - ligne droite. - [abcl]b - le bien, le juste, le droit, la droiture.    - nihil invenies rectius recto, Sen.: on ne peut rien trouver de plus droit que la droiture.    - ante oculos rectum stat, Ov.: le droit se dresse devant les yeux.    - recto, adv.: Inscr. directement, en doite ligne, tout droit.    - recta via, Plaut.: le droit chemin.    - rectā, adv. (s.-ent. viā): tout droit, en droite ligne, directement.    - erat in animo recta proficisci ad exercitum, Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2: j'ai l'intention d'aller tout droit à l'armée (erat: imparfait épistolaire).
    * * *
        Rectus, Participium. Regi, Gouverné.
    \
        Rectus, rectior, rectissimus, Nomen ex participio. Droict.
    \
        Coena recta. Sueton. Quand on tenoit maison ouverte à ceulx qui faisoyent la court.
    \
        Ius rectae coenae habere. Budaeus. Bouche à court.
    \
        Coma recta, cui opponitur Crispa. Senec. Cheveuls longs et pendants.
    \
        Consilium rectum. Terent. Bon conseil.
    \
        Indoles recta. Seneca. De bonne nature.
    \
        Ingenia recta. Seneca. Non depravez.
    \
        More recto seruat munia vitae. Hor. Il fait bien et deument ce que requiert la vie humaine, Il accomplist et observe bien le debvoir de, etc.
    \
        Ore recto voces emittere foras. Lucret. Proferer ou parler bien et à droict.
    \
        Hac recta platea. Terent. Tout droict par ce chemin.
    \
        - eo Recta via quidem illuc. Terent. Tout droict là.
    \
        Truncus rectus. Ouid. Qui est debout.
    \
        Via recta rem narrare. Terent. Sans varier ne extravaguer, Sans mentir.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > rectus

  • 20 rectus

    rēctus, a, um, PAdi. (rego), geradegerichtet, d.i. in gerader (wagerechter od. senkrechter) Richtung, gerade, griech. ὀρθός (Ggstz. curvus, incurvatus, recurvatus, flexus, flexuosus, inclinatus u. dgl.), I) eig.: a) in wagerechter Richtung: ostium, die gerade auf die Straße führende, die Vordertür (Ggstz. posticum), Plaut.: via, platea, Komik.: iter r. et simplex (Ggstz. iter flexuosum), im Ohre, Cels.: recto itinere ad Iberum contendere, Caes.: recto itinere Romam ad consules et liberos fugere, Liv.; vgl. recto limite grassari, Ov., u. recto flumine alqm ducere, Verg.: rectā et expeditā via ire, Liv.: rectā viā ire ad etc., Komik.: ad me rectā rectam habet viam, Plaut.: huc rectus ex Africa cursus est, Liv.: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, Caes.: instructi rectā acie (Ggstz. inconditum agmen), Liv.: aes r., das gerade, geradlinige Erz (v. der Tuba), Iuven.: intestinum r., Mastdarm, Cels.: vena r. (Ggstz. v. transversa, curva), Cels.: recti oculi, gerader, unverwandter, ruhiger Blick, Cic. (vgl. oculus): u. so r. acies (Augen), Ov.: crus rectius, Hor.: cui rectior est coma, gerader, schlichter, ungelockter (Ggstz. crispulus), Sen. – iter non agit in rectum (geradeaus), sed in orbem curvat eundem, Ov. met. 2, 715. – b) v. senkrechter Richtung, gerade, senkrecht, aufrecht, arduae et rectae prope rupes, Liv.: rupes ita rectis saxis, ut etc., Liv.: rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolare, Cic.: ita iacĕre talum, ut rectus assistat, Cic.: qui ita talus erit iactus, ut cadat rectus, Cic.: anguis longā trabe rectior exstat, Ov. – v. der Körperhaltung, -stellung, ut recta sint brachia, Quint.: caput r. (Ggstz. c. deiectum, supinum, in latus inclinatum), Quint.: quidam promptius recti, quidam resupinati, quidam etiam inclinati reddunt (urinam), Cels.: rectus insistit, rectus incedit, aufrecht, Cels. u. Capit.: u. so stans et rectus (Ggstz. humilis et ad terram more quadrupedum abiectus), Lact.: u. senectus, Iuven.: octo homines recti, gerade gewachsene, geradgliederige, schlanke, Catull.: u. so puella r., Hor.: servitia rectiora, Suet. – tunica recta, der nach alter Sitte mit senkrecht gezogenen Kettenfäden gewebte Rock, Plin. 8, 194: dass. vestis recta, Isid. orig. 19, 22, 18: Plur. subst., rectae, Fest. 277 (a), 8. – neutr. plur. subst., recta montium, steile Höhen (Ggstz. collium flexa u. porrecta camporum), Min. Fel. 17, 10. – c) v. Tone usw., nicht von der Tonleiter abweichend, weder steigend noch fallend, schlicht (Ggstz. inclinatus, flexus), sonus r. (Ggstz. inclinatio vocis), Quint. vox, Quint. – d) als gramm. t. t.: casus r., der nicht gebeugte K., der Nominativ (Ggstz. c. obliquus), Varro LL., Quint. u.a. Gramm.

    II) übtr.: 1) gerade, recht, aufrecht, rectā viā rem narrare ordine, ohne Umschweife, Ter.: rem rectā viā reputare, Ter.: rectam instas viam (bist auf dem r. Weg); ea res est, Plaut.: in rectam viam redire, Plaut.: rectissimam ad virtutem viam deligere, Quint. – rectum neutr. adv., geradeswegs, rectum ambula, Auct. inc. de mont. Sina et Sion 14. – quo vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant antehac, aufrecht zu stehen, nicht zu wanken, Enn. – 2) übtr., v. allem, was nicht von der geraden Bahn, von der Regel usw. abweicht, a) in physischer u. intellektueller Hinsicht, α) regelrecht, regelmäßig, sachgemäß, gehörig, richtig, figura r., Prop.: cena recta u. subst. bl. recta, eine regelmäßige, ordentliche Mahlzeit (Ggstz. sportula), Suet. u. Mart.: r. et iustum proelium, Liv.: nomina r., sichere Schuldposten (Schuldner), Hor. – quotusquisque tam rectus auditor, quem etc., so ordentlicher, so gehörig-, richtig gebildeter, Plin. ep.: ebenso iudex r., Quint. – β) schlicht, einfach, natürlich, commentarii Caesaris, Cic.: simplex et r. dicendi genus, Quint.: u. so r. genus, Ggstz. figurae, Quint.: sermo rectus et secundum naturam enuntiatus, Quint.: oratio recta an ordine permutato, Quint.: orator rectus et sanus, Plin. ep. – in utroque genere (der Schauspieler- u. Ringergebärden) quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur, Cic. – u. einfach, offen, aufrichtig, qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia tractaverit, Quint.: recta et vera loquere, Plaut. – γ) recht, richtig, fehlerflei (Ggstz. pravus, vitiosus), quod dici solet, domus recta est, ist ohne Fehler, ohne Makel, Suet. – consilia r., Ter.: iudicium r., Sen.: quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava, Cic. – si quid novisti rectius istis, Hor. – erit haec quidem rectissima fortasse ratio, Quint. – rectum est m. Infin., uni medico rectius esse aegrum committere, quam multis, Cic.: protinus ergo adhibere curam rectius erit, Quint. 10, 3, 18. – neutr. subst., rectum pravumque, Cic.: rectum verumque, Quint. – v. Pers., mit Genet., beatus iudicii rectus, wer ein richtiges Urteil hat, Sen. de vit. beat. 6, 2. – b) in moralischer Hinsicht, α) gerade, rechtlich, ehrlich (Ggstz. pravus, perversus), consilia r. (Ggstz. prava c.), Liv.: ingenia r. (Ggstz. ing. perversa), Plin. ep.: conscientia r., Cic. – v. Pers., gerade, geradsinnig, gerade durchgehend, unentwegt, sich treu bleibend (vgl. Stürenb. u. Benecke Cic. Arch. 3), ex quibus unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus, Cic.: u. so vir r., vir r. et sanctus, Plin. ep.: vir alioqui rectus, integer, quietus, Plin. ep.: praetor populi Roman irectissimus, Cic.: rectissimus iudex Plin. ep.: adversus impios rectissimus iudex (v. Gott), Lact. – β) recht, sittlich gut, pflichtgemäß, tugendhaft (Ggstz. pravus), im Neutrum subst., das Rechte, Gute, Tugendhafte, griech. ὀρθόν (Ggstz. pravum), si benefacta recte facta sunt, et nihil recto rectius, certe ne bono quidem melius quicquam inveniri potest, Cic.: neque quicquam nisi honestum et rectum alter ab altero postulabit, Cic.: sine lege fidem rectumque colebant, Ov.: recti praeceptio pravique depulsio, Cic. – rectum est, es gebührt sich, ist recht, ist pflichtgemäß, m. folg. Infin., Cic. de off. 1, 137 u. so non (nec) rectum est m. folg. Infin., Cic. de fin. 3, 71.

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