to reign

    rēgnō āvī, ātus, āre    [regnum], to have royal power, be king, rule, reign: triginta annos: iniussu populi: tertium iam hunc annum regnans, Cs.: regnante Romulo: regnandi dira cupido, V.: Albae regnare, L.: Tusco profundo, O.: quā Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum, H.: ter centum totos regnabitur annos Gente sub Hectoreā, V.: quia post Tati mortem non erat regnatum, L.— Trans., only pass. (poet. or late): terra acri quondam regnata Lycurgo, ruled by, V.: Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, in which Saturn was king, V.: trans Lugios Gotones regnantur, have kings, Ta.— To be lord, rule, reign, govern, be swpreme: equitum centurias tenere, in quibus regnas: vivo et regno, H.: Caelo tonantem credidimus Iovem Regnare, H.— To lord it, tyranniz<*> domineer: regnavit is paucos mensīs: se ille interfecto Milone regnaturum putaret: regnare ac dominari, L.: Per ramos victor regnat (ignis), V. —Fig., to rule, have the mastery, prevail, predominate: in quo uno regnat oratio: ebrietas geminata libidine regnat, O.

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    acciō (ad-c-) cīvī, cītus, īre,    to call, summon, send for, invite: si accierit, accurram: Aenean acciri omnes Exposcunt, V.: ex Latio fortissimum quemque, S.: acciti ibant, they went at the summons, S.: in regnum Romam, summoned to reign at Rome, L.: bello acciti reges, V.: alqm filio doctorem.—Supin. acc.: auxilia accitum mittit.

    ancīle is （ gen plur. -ilium, Ta., once, -iliorum, H.), n    a small oval shield, V.; usu. the shield said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa, and on the preservation of which the prosperity of Rome was declared to depend, H., V., L., O.

    dīrus adj.    with comp, ill - omened, ominous, boding, portentous, fearful, awful, dread: cometae, V.: quibus nihil dirius: mortalibus omen, O.: tempus: exsecratio, L. — Plur n. as subst: in dira incurrimus: Dira canere, O.: dira alcui precari, Tb. — Dreadful, cruel, fierce, fell, relentless: sorores, the furies, V.: Dea, i. e. Circe, O.: Hannibal, H.: mens, V.: hydra, H. — Dreadful, dire, horrible, awful: dapes, O.: venena, H.: bellum, V.: cupido, insane, V.: sollicitudines, H.: superbia, O.: Temporibus diris, in the reign of terror, Iu.— Plur n. As adv.: dira fremens, frightfully, V.

    dominātiō ōnis, f    [dominor], rule, dominion, reign, lordship, tyranny, despotism, supremacy: Sullae: servi: iniusta, L.: dominationis certamen, S.: ad dominationem adcensus, S.— Plur: novae. — Control, supremacy: omnium rerum: iudiciorum: regia in iudiciis: rationis in libididem.— Plur, rulers: aliae, Ta.

    dominor ātus, ārī, dep.    [dominus], to be lord, be in power, have dominion, bear rule, domineer: Alexandriae: lubido dominandi, S.: iudicum ordo dominabatur, L.: Urbs multos dominata per annos, V.: femina dominatur, Ta.: in fortunis hominum: in exercitu, L.: in adversarios, L.: inter quos, etc., Cs.: summā dominarier arce, V.— To rule, be supreme, prevail, extend: Pestis in moenibus urbis, O.: inter nitentia culta avenae, V.: nusquam latius mare, Ta. — Fig., to rule, be supreme, reign, govern: longinquitate potestas (sc. censura) dominans, L.: senectus si dominatur in suos.

    initium ī, n    [1 in + 1 I-], a going in, entrance: Remorum, i. e. of the country, Cs.—Fig., a beginning, commencement: Narrationis, T.: annorum, Cs.: bonis initiis orsus tribunatus, tristīs exitus habuit consulatus: belli, S.: dicendi initium sumere: initium fugae factum a Dumnorige, was the first to flee, Cs.: caedis initium facere a me: quod ab initio petivi: querellae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint, L.— Abl sing. abverb., in the beginning, at first: tametsi initio laetus, tamen postquam, etc., at first, S.: initio locum tenere, Cs.: dixi initio, iudices.— Plur, constituent parts, elements: initia, et tamquam semina, unde essent omnia orta.—First principles, elements: illa initia mathematicorum: operum initia tradere, Cs.— Auspices: novis initiis et ominibus opus est, i. e. a new reign, Cu.—Secret sacred rites, sacred mysteries: initia Cereris, L.: mysteria initiaque ut appellantur: tua, mater, initia, i. e. instruments used in celebrating the rites, Ct.

    (prīmōrdium) ī, n    [primus+1 OL-], a beginning, origin, commencement (no gen plur.): a primordio urbis, L.: in operum suorum primordio stare, at the very beginning, Cu.: primordia rerum: a Iove Musarum primordia, C. poēt.: primordio, at the beginning (of a new reign), Ta.

    prīncipātus ūs, m    [princeps], a beginning, origin: an mundus ab aliquo temporis principatu ortus est?— The first place, pre-eminence, chief part, supremacy, leadership: (animi) principatum in capite posuit: sententiae principatum tenere: eloquentiae.— The chief command, post of commander-in-chief: Cassio principatum dari: Cingetorigi principatus atque imperium est traditum, Cs.: de principatu contendere, N.— Reign, empire, dominion, sovereignty: miscuit principatum ac libertatem, Ta.

    rēgius adj.    [rex], of a king, kingly, royal, regal: genere regio natus: potestas: apparatus: exercitus, Cs.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome): a<*>es, i. e. the eagle, O.: genus imperi proximum similitudini regiae, closely resembling royalty: bellum, with a king: regios nutūs tueri, the king's orders: sponsus, H.: virgo, princess, O.: parens, O.: legatio, L.— Plur m. as subst, the king's troops: regii, i. e. regia acies, L.: fama ad regios perlata, the satraps, N.— Like a king, worthy of a king, royal, kingly, magnificent: Regia res est succurrere lapsis, O.: Regia res scelus est, O.: morbus, jaundice (because the patient was to live like a king), H.— Of a palace: atrium, of the castle of Numa, L.

    Sāturnius adj.,    of Saturn, Saturnian: stella, the planet Saturn, C.: tellus, Italy, V.: regna, i. e. the golden age of Saturn's reign, V.: gens, i. e. the Italians, O.: Iuno, V., O.: Iuppiter, pater, V., O.: domitor maris, i. e. Neptune, V.: virgo, i. e. Vesta, O.: numerus, the Saturnian verse (the oldest Latin metre), H.—As subst m., son of Saturn, i. e. Jupiter or Pluto, O.—As subst f., daughter of Saturn: Iuno, V., O.

    sub    (in composition sometimes sus- or sū-), praep. with acc. and abl.    I. With abl., of position in space, under, below, beneath, underneath, behind: sub terrā habitare: cultrum sub veste abditum habere, L.: sub pellibus hiemare, Cs.: manet sub Iove frigido Venator, H.: sub hoc iugo dictator Aequos misit, L.: Pone (me) sub curru Solis, H. —Under, below, beneath, at the foot of, at, by, near, before: sub monte considere, Cs.: sub ipsis Numantiae moenibus: sub urbe, T.: Monte sub aërio, at, i. e. high upon, V.: sub ipsā acie, in the midst of the fight, V.: sub ipso Ecce volat Diores, close upon him, V.: sub oculis domini, Cs.—Under, burdened by, hampered by, bearing: sub armis, Cs.: sub onere, Cs.—Of time, in, within, during, at, by, in the time of: ne sub ipsā profectione milites oppidum inrumperent, Cs.: sub luce, at dawn, O.: sub luce videri, by daylight, H.: hoc sub casu, while suffering, V.: sub Domitiano, during the reign of, Ta.—Fig., under, subject to, in the power of, governed by: sub regno esse: quoius sub imperiost, T.: sub illorum dicione esse, Cs.: sub Hannibale, L.: sub iudice lis est, H.: venibit sub praecone Propontis, i. e. at auction.—Under, compelled by (poet.): exhalans sub volnere vitam, O.: quem falsā sub proditione Demisere neci, overwhelmed by, V.: in arma nullo sub indice veni, forced by no betrayer, O.—Under, concealed by, hidden in: sub hoc verbo furtum latet.—Rarely with specie or condicione (for the abl. alone): sub specie infidae pacis quieti, L.: sub tutelae specie, Cu.: sub condicione, L.: sub condicionibus, L.—    II. With acc., of direction of motion, under, below, beneath: cum se luna sub orbem solis subiecisset: exercitum sub iugum mittere, Cs.: Ibis sub furcam, H.—Under, below, beneath, to, near to, close to, up to, towards: sub montem succedere, Cs.: missi sunt sub muros, L.: aedīs suas detulit sub Veliam: (hostem) mediam ferit ense sub alvum, O.—Of time, before, on the approach of, towards, about, just before, up to, until: sub noctem naves solvit, Cs.: sub tempus (comitiorum) pueros ablegavit, L.: sub lumina prima, H.: sub dies festos: Usque sub extremum brumae imbrem, V.: quod (bellum) fuit sub recentem pacem, L.—After, immediately after, following, just after, immediately upon: sub eas (litteras) statim recitatae sunt tuae: sub haec dicta omnes procubuerunt, L.: sub hoc, hereupon, H.—Fig., under, into subjection to, into the power of: sub legum potestatem cadere: matrimonium vos sub legis vincula conicitis, L.: sub unum fortunae ictum totas vires regni cadere pati, Cu.: quae sub sensūs subiecta sunt.—    III. In composition, sub is unchanged before vowels and before b, d, h, i consonant, l, n, s, t, v. The b is often assimilated before m, r, and usu. before c, f, g, p, but the form sus (for * subs, cf. abs) is found in suscenseo, suscipio, suscito, suspendo, sustento, sustineo, sustollo, and sustuli (perf. of tollo); the form su in the words suspicio, suspicor, suspiro. It denotes, in place, under, beneath, as in subdo, subicio.—Fig., in rank or power, under, inferior, as in subigo, subcenturio.—In degree, less, a little, somewhat, as in subabsurdus, subaccuso.—Secretly, underhandedly, as in subripio, suborno. I II