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61 pechowo

adv. pot. unluckily
- zacząć się pechowo to get off to a bad start

- wszystko układa się pechowo everything is going wrong

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pechowo

adv.

unluckily, unfortunately; a to pechowo! tough luck!

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > pechowo
62 wspak

adv. 1. (od tyłu) backwards GB, backward US
- przeczytaj to słowo (na) wspak read this word backwards
2. (na opak) upside down; topsy-turvy pot.
- świat na wspak odwrócony a topsy-turvy world

- wszystko idzie wspak everything’s going wrong

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adv

backwards

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wspak

adv.

backward; Br. backwards; czytać coś wspak l. na wspak read sth backward.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > wspak
63 hekkenfeldt

:### [ gå ad hekkenfeldt til] go to the devil (el. to blazes);

[ det går ad hekkenfeldt til] it is all going wrong.

Danish-English dictionary > hekkenfeldt
64 cráneo

m.

skull, cranium, head bone, brainpan.

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cráneo

► nombre masculino

1 cranium, skull

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ir de cráneo familiar to have a lot on one's plate, have one's work cut out

romperle el cráneo a alguien familiar to smash somebody's head in

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SM skull, cranium frm

ir de cráneo * —

voy de cráneo — it's all going wrong for me

va a ir de cráneo si hace eso — * he'll be in trouble if he does that

ir de cráneo con algn — * to be on bad terms with sb

- esto me lleva o trae de cráneo

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masculino skull, cranium (tech)

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= skull, cranium [crania/craniums, -pl.].

Ex. If an entry is made under HEAD a see reference is required ( SKULL see HEAD) and a see also reference (BRAIN see also HEAD).

Ex. And it's getting worse by the month as his hairline recedes further and further back across his cranium.

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* del cráneo = cranial.

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masculino skull, cranium (tech)

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= skull, cranium [crania/craniums, -pl.].

Ex: If an entry is made under HEAD a see reference is required ( SKULL see HEAD) and a see also reference (BRAIN see also HEAD).

Ex: And it's getting worse by the month as his hairline recedes further and further back across his cranium.

* del cráneo = cranial.

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cráneo

masculine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

skull, cranium ( tech)

ir de cráneo/llevar a algn de cráneo ver cabeza

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cráneo sustantivo masculino
skull, cranium (tech)
cráneo sustantivo masculino Anat cranium, skull
' cráneo' also found in these entries:
English:
cranium
- skull

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cráneo nm

skull, Espec cranium;

Comp
Fam
ir de cráneo to be at full stretch;

Comp
Fam
romperse el cráneo [pensando] to rack one's brains

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cráneo

m ANAT skull, cranium

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cráneo nf

: cranium, skull

♦ craneano, -na adj

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cráneo n skull

Spanish-English dictionary > cráneo
65 खट्वा _khaṭvā

खट्वा [खट्-क्कुन्; cf. Uṇ.1.15]

1 A bed-stead, couch, cot; सहखट्वासनं चैव सर्वं संग्रहणं स्मृतम् Ms.8.357.

-2 A swing, hammock.

-3 A kind of bandage.

-Comp. -अङ्गः 1 a club or staff with a skull at the top consi- dered as the weapon of Śiva and carried by ascetics and Yogins; Māl.5.4,23.

-2 N. of Dilīpa; ˚धर, ˚भृत् an epithet of Śiva.

-अङ्गिन् m. an epithet of Śiva; Bhāg. 4.19.2.

-आप्लुतः, -आरूढ a.

1 lying on a bed.

-2 low, vile.

-3 abandoned, wicked.

-4 silly, stupid.

-5 erring, going wrong or astray; खट्वारूढो जाल्मः । नाति व्रतवान् Mbh. on P.II.1.26. खट्वारूढः प्रभादवान् Bk.5.1.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > खट्वा _khaṭvā
66 विपत्ति

විපත්ති vipatti f
failure; misfortune; distress; going wrong.

Pali-English dictionary > विपत्ति
67 af-laga

adv. unlawfully, Grág. i. 473, ii. 367, Gþl. 294, 432, 473, Hkr. ii. 246, Al. 153; ganga a., Stj. 430.

2. now used in the sense to be out of joint, things going wrong.

Íslensk-ensk orðabók > af-laga
68 VAN-

a prefixed particle denoting lacking, under-, un-.

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a particle prefixed to nouns and adverbs, [cp. vanr; Goth. and A. S. wan-, deficient; O. H. G. wana-]:—lacking, wanting: only used as a compd except in the phrase, of og van, or það er of sem van, now too much, now too little.

B. In COMPDS van- is freq. as a prefixed particle, mostly denoting lacking, slowly, short, not sufficient, under-, but also simply as a negative, much like Gr. δυσ-: van-afla, -afli, adj. weak, waning in strength, Al. 5. Fms. vi. 107, Sks. 590. van-alinn, part. under-fed, Grág. i. 455. van-brúka. ð, to misuse; mod. van-brúkun, f. a misuse. van-burða, adj. born prematurely; v. eldi. 656 B. 7. van-búinn, part. unprepared, Korm. 202, Ld. 324, Fms. vi. 214, vii. 127, viii. 288. van-drengr, m. a bad man, Fs. 166. van-dæmt, part. under-judging, i. e. too leniently: hafa v. eða ofdæmt, Grág. (pref.) van-efni, n. pl. lack of means, Grág. i. 257, Band. 31 new Ed., Fms. viii. 23. van-erð, f.(?). inferiority, N. G. L. i. 212. van-farinn, part. in a strait, Fas. i. 518 (see also the verse); vér erum vanfarnir hjá honum, we are much short of him, Orkn. 332. van-ferli, n. things going wrong, Fms. x. 131. van-festr, part. badly fastened, MS. 4. 8. van-fylgt, n. part.; hafa v. e-m, to back one slowly, Bs. i. 739. van-færi, n. disability, Stj. 1. van-færr, adj. disabled, infirm, Fms. ii. 146, x. 354, xi. 325, Fas. i. 532, Bs. i. 393; vanærr ok ílla heill, Hom. 122. van-gá, f. lack of care. van-gefinn, see vargefinn. van-gerðing, f. a defective fencing, Gpl. 382. van-geymsla, u, f. = vangá, Ld. 128, Jb. 42, Dipl. v. 26. van-geymt, n. part.; hafa v. e-s, to neglect, H. E. ii. 110. van-giptr, part. married beneath one, Nj. 17, v. l. van-goldit, part. n. underpaid, Ó. H. 87. van-gætt, n. part. = vangeymt, Gþl. 463. van-gæzla, u, f. = vangeymsla, Grág. ii. 341, Fms. viii. 364. van-görr, part. defective, imperfect, imperfectly done, half done, Fms. vi. 13, x. 318, Bs. i. 59; ung Kristni ok mjök vangör, Fbr. 7; mér sýndisk vangört, faulty, Fms. x. 320. van-haft, n. part.; hafa v., not to get one’s due, Grág. i. 265. van-haga, að; impers., mig vanhagar um e-t, to miss a thing, want. van-hagr, m. dismay, disadvantage, Grág. ii. 49, Fms. xi. 245, Fær. 7: misconduct, Bs. i. 687. van-hald, n. a damage, loss; bíða vanhald af e-m, Fms. x. 421: in plur. ill-luck, thriftlessness, Band. 37 new Ed. van-haldinn, part. getting less than one’s due, wronged, H. E. ii. 126; ef þú þykkisk v., Ld. 108, Slurl. i. 77 C, Fas. ii. 297. van-hefnt, n. part. (better var-hefnt), Nj. 280, v. l. van-heiðr, m. dishonour, H. E. i. 562, Fas. ii. 289. van-heila, u, f. = vanheilsa, Bs. i. 353. van-heilagr, adj. profane. van-heilindi, n. failing health, illness, Fms. vii. 208, viii. 280, H. E. i. 12. van-heill, adj. [A. S. wanhâl], not hale, disabled, ill, Grág. i. 50, Fms. x. 420; e-m verðr vanheilt, to be taken ill, Grág. i. 277: = pregnant, Bret. 10. van-heilligr, adj. ill, wretched, Fms. vii. 30. van-heilsa, u, f. failing health, illness, Bs. i. 83, 84, 353 (v. l.), Grág. i. 226, Fms. vii. 157, passim. van-helga, að, to profane. van-helti, f., better vammhelti, q. v., Jb. 366 A. van-henta, t, to stand in need of, to want; hann kvað sér v. annat, he said it was not that he wanted, Ld. 212. van-hentr, adj.; e-m er e-t vanhent, it suits one not well, Fms. x. 260. van-herðr, part. not pushed up to one’s mettle, Fas. iii. 487. van-hirða, t; v. um e-t, to neglect. van-hirðing, f. = vangeymsla. van-hirzla, u, f. = vanhirðing, Sks. 446. van-hluta, adj. unfairly dealt with; verða v., to be worsted, Bjarn. 56, Ísl. ii. 255, Grág. i. 157, ii. 92, Fms. i. 306; rétta þeirra hlut er áðr eru v., Eb. 156. van-hlutr, m. an unfair share, Sturl. i. 47 C. van-hugaðr, n. part. [? A. S. vanhygig]; e-t er v. í máli, it was not well considered, Lv. 30. van-hyggja, u, f. a lack of forethought, Ld. 152; bæta fyrir vanhyggju mína, Valla L. 209. van-kunnandi, part. wanting in knowledge, ignorant, ill-informed, Gþl. van-kunnigr, adj. ignorant. van-kunnindi, f. ignorance, Gþl. (pref.) van-kunnusta (mod. van-kunnátta), u, f. want of knowledge, ignorance, H. E. i. 479. van-leitað, n. part.; e-s er v., examined imperfectly, Bs. i. 329. van-lofaðr, part. under-praised, Fms. vi. 196. van-lokinn, part. half paid, of debt; vanloknar skuldir, Grág. i. 93. van-luktr, part. half finished; ganga frá mörgu vanluktu, Sturl. iii. 279. van-lykta, að, to leave unfinished, H. E. i. 409. van-lyktir, f. pl.; með vanlyktum, unfinished, half done, Fms. vi. 13; ok var at vanlykðum nökkut, er hón þó höfuð hans, Ísl. ii. 333; hvárigar vanlykðir ( faults) er þær koma á goðans hendi, Grág. i. 94. van-mátta, adj. weak, sick, sore; í tána þá er v. var, a sore toe, Hrafn. 15. van-máttigr, adj. failing in strength, weak, impotent, Fms. v. 163. van-máttr, m. failing strength, illness, Eg. 565, Vápn. 17, Fms. ii. 12, Bs. i. 84. van-megin, n. weakness, Fms. vii. 156: a swoon, fainting, sló yfir mik hræzlu ok vanmegni, 108. van-meginn (van-megn, Stj. 20), adj. weak, feeble, Fms. i. 305, Stj. 20, v. l.; v. af megri, Fb. iii. 447; höndina þá má vanmegnu, an infirm hand, Sturl. i. 189. van-megna, adj. = vanmeginn. van-megna, að, to weaken; v. sterkjan hug, Al. 6: reflex., vanmegnast, to faint, sink down, Vídal. passim. van-menni, n. (van-menna, u, f., Lv. 30; vanmennur þær, Fms. xi. 257), a worthless person, Gísl. 149, Vápn. 15, Fms. iii. 149. van-meta, adj. in a weak, bad condition; var fótrinn v., of a sick leg. Bs. i. 344; vanmeta skepna, an ill-favoured creature. van-metnaðr, m. a disgrace, Grett. 160 A. van-mettr, part. hungry, Sól. 3. van-mælt, n. part.; eiga e-t vanmælt, if thou hast anything unsaid, anything to say, Bs. i. 668; hvárt mér verðr ofmælt eðr vanmælt, Nj. 232. van-mætti, n. an infirmity. van-refsaðr, part. not duly punished, Sturl. ii. 10. van-refst, n. part. = refsað; ef v. er af dómarans hendi, Gþl. 172. van-rekstr, m. = vanréttr, Fms. xi. 253, v. l. van-rétti, n. loss of right, Ls. 40; þola v., Ó. H. 238: a defeat, Ísl. ii. 367. van-réttr, m. = vanrétti, Fms. xi. 253. van-rækiliga, adv. carelessly, slovenly, Bs. i. (Laur. S.) van-rækja, t, to disregard, Stj. 157, Fms. xi. 423, K. Á. 72: reflex., vanrækjask e-n, Fms. viii. 252. van-rækt, f. lack of care, Gþl. 332, H. E. i. 251, Dipl. ii. 14. van-rætt, n. part. not fully discussed; v. er um e-t, Sks. 271 B. van-samit, part. unsettled, Stj. van-semd, f. a disgrace, offence, Bjarn. 67. van-signaðr, part. cursed, Stj., MS. 655 xx. 3. van-skörungr, m. = vandrengr, Fs. 4, Eg. 730. van-spurt, n. part. left unasked, Sks. 52, 191. van-stilli, n. lack of moderation, intemperance, Al. 45, 71; gefa svá kappsamliga mat, er á þessu mikit vanstilli, no measure, Ísl. ii. 337, Fms. vii. 162 (of a fit of insanity); v. lopts, Al. 55; þurfa menn ekki hér at lýsa v. ( men need not shew ill temper) fyrir þessa sök, Sturl. i. 101 C. van-stilling, f. = vanstilli. Hom. 25. van-stilltr, part. wanting in tempcr, rash, Fms. i. 207, x. 264; marglyndr, vandlyndr ok v., wanting in temper, 420; v. í orðum, vi. 324: excessive, Stj. 142. van-svarat, n. part. insufficiently answered, of a question; hafa v., H. E. ii. 93; vanspurt eða v., Sks. 270. van-svefta, adj. having too little sleep. van-sæmd, f. dishonour, contumely, Fms. ii. 291, vi. 109. van-sætti, n. discord, Sturl. i. 101, v. l. van-sök, f. a fault, offence, Magn. 524. van-talað, n. part. = vanmælt; er enn mart vantalað, Lv. 20; á ek við hvárigan ykkarn vantalað, I want to speak to neither of you, Fms. v. 327. van-talit ( van-talt), n. part. not full accounted for, short in the tally, Glúm. 385; oftalt, vantalt, Gþl. 478. van-tekit, n. part. pulled insufficiently, Eb. 242. van-traust, n. a lack of trust. van-trú, f. unbelief [Dan. vantro]; villa ok v., K. Á. 218, H. E. i. 390, Vídal. van-trúaðr, part. unbelieving, N. T., Vídal. van-trúnaðr, m. distrust, Fms. i. x. 398. van-unninn, part. unfinished; vanunnin verk, Grág. i. 157; lítið vas eptir vanunnit ( undone) í víngarðinum, Greg. 57. van-virða, t, to disregard, dishonour, put to shame, Ísl. ii. 238; affæra ok v., Bs. i. (Laur. S.): part. vanvirðr, Fms. ii. 67, Fs. 183; vanvirt, Fms. v. 326. van-virða, u, f. a disgrace, Fs. 60, 159, Eb. 128. van-virðing, f. = vanvirða, Fms. ix. 278, 289, Gþl. 157, 181. vanvirðu-lauss, adj. not disgracing, Grett. 118. van-virkja, u, f. a defect, fault, Stj. 158, Ísl. ii. 201, v. l. van-vit, n. [Dan. van-vid = insanity], want of thought, Nj. 135, v. l. van-vita, adj. insane, N. G. L. i. 213, Js. 79. van-vitað, n. part. not quite known; enn er v. nökkut um sættina, Bjarn. 56. van-vizka, u. f. foolishness, Al. 115. van-þakkað, n. part. not duly thanked; eiga e-m e-t v. van-þakklátr, adj. ungrateful. van-þakklæti, n. ingratitude. van-þekking, f. lack of knowledge. van-þyrmsla, u, f. violation; v. hátiða, Hom. 146. van-þökk, f. unthankfulness.

Íslensk-ensk orðabók > VAN-
69 ह्रुत्

hrút
f. any cause of going wrong orﾠ falling, stumbling-block, trap etc. RV. AV.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > ह्रुत्
70 oggi mi va tutto di traverso

oggi mi va tutto di traverso

fig. everything's going wrong today

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→ traverso

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > oggi mi va tutto di traverso
71 oggi mi va tutto storto

oggi mi va tutto storto

everything's going wrong today.

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Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > oggi mi va tutto storto
72 seguito

m persone retinue

( sostenitori) followers

di film sequel

di seguito one after the other, in succession

in seguito after that

in seguito a following, in the wake of

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seguito s.m.

1 ( corteo, scorta) retinue, suite, train: un seguito di ammiratori, a train of admirers; il re e il suo seguito, the king and his retinue; essere al seguito di un ambasciatore, to be among an ambassador's suite; fecero una tournée al seguito di un famoso cantante, they made a tour as the supporting group for a famous singer

2 ( seguaci, ammiratori) followers (pl.): Aristotele e il suo seguito, Aristotle and his followers

3 ( sequela, successione) series*, succession; sequence, train: un seguito di idee, di eventi, a succession of ideas, of events; un seguito di vittorie, di disavventure, a series of victories, of misadventures; la giornata fu un seguito di contrattempi, the day was marked by a series of setbacks (o things kept going wrong all day) // di seguito, in succession; ( senza interruzione) uninterruptedly (o without interruption): parlò per due ore di seguito, he talked for two hours nonstop (o without interruption) // e così di seguito, and so on (o and so forth) // in seguito, later on (o afterwards); (comm., dir.) hereafter: in seguito venne a trovarmi ogni giorno, afterwards he came to see me every day

4 ( continuazione) continuation, sequel: il seguito di un articolo, di una storia, the continuation of (o the sequel to) an article, a story // il seguito al prossimo numero, to be continued (in our next issue) // dar seguito a qlco., to carry out sthg. // far seguito a qlco., to follow up sthg. // (comm.): a seguito della vostra lettera, following up your letter; facendo seguito alla nostra lettera del..., further to (o with reference to) our letter of the...

5 (fig.) ( effetto, conseguenza) sequel; consequence: l'episodio di violenza fortunatamente non ha avuto seguito, the episode of violence has fortunately had no sequel; l'incidente ebbe un seguito sul piano politico, the incident had serious political consequences // in seguito a, in consequence of (o owing to o on account of): in seguito a questo, owing to this; la ditta fallì in seguito a speculazioni sbagliate, the firm went bankrupt owing to mistaken speculations

6 ( aderenza, favore) following: ha molto seguito nell'assemblea, he has a large following in the assembly; una moda che ha grande seguito per ora, it's a fashion that a lot of people are following at the moment.

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['segwito]
sostantivo maschile

1) train, cortege, retinue, suite

essere al seguito di qcn. — to be in sb.'s train

la regina e il suo seguito — the queen and her retinue

2) (sostenitori) (di dottrina, partito) support, following, followers pl.

3) (continuazione) (di racconto, film, spettacolo) continuation (di of), rest (di of), sequel (di to), follow-up (di to)

ti racconterò il seguito più tardi — I'll tell you the rest later

"il seguito alla prossima puntata" — "to be continued"

ho un'idea per un seguito del film — I have an idea for a sequel to the film

4) (conseguenza) result, consequence; (ripercussione) repercussion

5) (serie) series, train

la sua vita è un seguito di disgrazie — his life is a run of bad luck

6) (consenso) success

la proposta non ha avuto molto seguito — the proposal was not very successful o met with little success

7) di seguito (di fila) consecutively, in a row

tre volte di seguito — three times over o in a row

ha piovuto (per) sei giorni di seguito — it rained for six days running

e via di seguito — and so on, and (all) that

uno di seguito all'altro — one after the other

8) in seguito (poi) after(wards), next, then, later on

9) in seguito a (in conseguenza di, a causa di) following, as a consequence of

in seguito alla sua richiesta di informazioni — following your request for information

è morto in seguito all'incidente — he died as a consequence of the accident

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fare seguito a — to follow up [lettera, visita]

facendo seguito alla sua lettera — comm. further to o with reference to your letter

dare seguito a — to follow up [lettera, denuncia, richiesta]

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seguito

/'segwito/

sostantivo m.

1 train, cortege, retinue, suite; essere al seguito di qcn. to be in sb.'s train; la regina e il suo seguito the queen and her retinue

2 (sostenitori) (di dottrina, partito) support, following, followers pl.

3 (continuazione) (di racconto, film, spettacolo) continuation (di of), rest (di of), sequel (di to), follow-up (di to); ti racconterò il seguito più tardi I'll tell you the rest later; "il seguito alla prossima puntata" "to be continued"; ho un'idea per un seguito del film I have an idea for a sequel to the film

4 (conseguenza) result, consequence; (ripercussione) repercussion

5 (serie) series, train; la sua vita è un seguito di disgrazie his life is a run of bad luck

6 (consenso) success; la proposta non ha avuto molto seguito the proposal was not very successful o met with little success

7 di seguito (di fila) consecutively, in a row; tre volte di seguito three times over o in a row; ha piovuto (per) sei giorni di seguito it rained for six days running; e via di seguito and so on, and (all) that; uno di seguito all'altro one after the other

8 in seguito (poi) after(wards), next, then, later on

9 in seguito a (in conseguenza di, a causa di) following, as a consequence of; in seguito alla sua richiesta di informazioni following your request for information; è morto in seguito all'incidente he died as a consequence of the accident

IDIOMS

fare seguito a to follow up [lettera, visita]; facendo seguito alla sua lettera comm. further to o with reference to your letter; dare seguito a to follow up [lettera, denuncia, richiesta].

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > seguito
73 nieskaż|ony

adj. [woda] uncontaminated; [powietrze] unpolluted; [biel, czystość] spotless
- wyspa nieskażona cywilizacją an island untouched by civilization

- marksizm w nieskażonej postaci Marxism in its purest form

- wszystko szło nieskładnie everything was going wrong

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > nieskaż|ony
74 the last straw

последняя капля (терпения)
Everything was going wrong, and his message was the last straw — she just burst into tears.

Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > the last straw
75 лежать на плечах

(кого, чьих, у кого)

be one's duty (responsibility)

У Засекина могли быть и другие неотложные дела: всё же на его плечах целый район, да ещё в такую напряжённую пору, когда то здесь, то там ломался график уборки сахарной свёклы. (Е. Носов, Шопен, Соната номер два) — Zasekin might have other urgent affairs to attend to, he had a whole district to look after, especially now, when the schedule for beet harvest was going wrong here and there.

Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лежать на плечах
76 чтоб ты пропал!

чтоб ты пропал (пропала)!

прост.

may you go to hell!; damn (blast, drat) you!

- Всё это твои дела, чертиха! Твои дела, чтоб ты пропала! И метель эта и почту кружит... всё это ты наделала! Ты! (А. Чехов, Ведьма) — 'It's all your doing, you she-devil! Your doing, damn you! This snowstorm and the post going wrong, you've done it all - you!'

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77 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.
rectē.
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.

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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.
rectē.
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
79 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.
rectē.
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.

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80 защищать

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1. to defend; 2. to protect; 3. to shield; 4. to guard; 5. to uphold

Русский глагол защищать относится к любому виду угрозы, опасности или неприятности. Английские эквиваленты в отличие от русского указывают на характер того, от чего исходит угроза и на цели защиты.

1. to defend — защищать, оборонять, защищаться, отстаивать (подразумевает защиту от угрожающей опасности; предполагается предпринимать любые действия, чтобы прийти на помощь кому-либо или чему-либо, находящемуся в опасности и нуждающемуся в защите): to defend smb, smth — защищать кого-либо, что-либо; to defend the goal — защищать ворота; to defend one's point of view (one's principles) — отстаивать свою точку зрения (свои принципы); to defend oneself from/ against smb — защищаться от кого-либо; to defend one's action — защищать свои действия; to defend a town — защищать город They defended the city to the last. — Они обороняли город до последнего./Они защищали город до конца. At school he always defended his little brother. — В школе он всегда защищал своего младшего брата. It became impossible to defend the base from airborne attack.— От воздушного нападения базу защищать стало невозможно. She picked up a stick (о defend herself against her attacker. — Она подняла с земли палку, чтобы защититься от нападающего./Она схватила с земли палку, чтобы защитить себя от нападающего. John was the only one who defended me when things started going wrong. — Только Джон встал на мою защиту, когда начались неприятности. As a politician you have to be able to defend yourself when things get rough. — Как политический деятель, вы должны уметь защищаться от резкой критики. Union bosses pleaded that they would courageously defend their members' right to strike. — Профсоюзные лидеры клялись, что будут упорно отстаивать право своих членов на забастовки.

2. to protect — защищать, предохранять, ограждать (от возможных опасностей или неприятностей, таких как наводнения, пожары или болезни): to protect smb, smth — защищать кого-либо, что-либо; to protect children from catching cold — защищать детей от простуды/предохранять детей от простуды; to protect one's eyes from the sun — защищать глаза от солнца The fence protects the roses from the wind. — Забор защищает розы от ветра. Не was protected by a bodyguard. — Его сопровождал телохранитель./ Он шел с охраной./Его защищал охранник. you should insure to protect yourself in case of fire. — Вам надо застраховаться на случай пожара. The camera comes with a true leather carrying case to protect it. — Фотоаппарат выпускается в кожаном футляре, который его предохраняет./Фотоаппарат продается с кожаным футляром, который его предохраняет. The union's basic function is to protect the interests and employment rights of its members. — Основная функция профсоюзов заключается в защите интересов и права его членов на труд. I jumped behind the wall to protect myself from the explosion. — Я спрятался за стену, чтобы защитить себя от взрыва.

3. to shield — защищать, предохранять, заслонять, прикрывать (от опасности, особенно встав между ее источником и тем, на что или кого это действие направлено): to shield one's eyes with one's hand — прикрыть глаза рукой; to shield one's child with one's own body — прикрыть ребенка собственным телом; to shield oneself behind smb else — спрятаться за чью-либо спину Не had received a gunshot wound while trying to shield his children. — Он получил огнестрельное ранение, когда пытался защитить детей./Он был ранен, когда пытался спасти своих детей, загородив их собой. A new type of glass has been produced, which shields your eyes from the sun violet rays. —Теперь выпускается новое стекло, которое предохраняет глаза от ультрафиолетовых лучей солнца. These plants should be shielded from direct sunlight. — Эти растения нужно прикрывать от прямого попадания солнечных лучей. The house was shielded from the view by tall trees. — Высокие деревья скрывали дом от посторонних взглядов, She shielded her eyes against the sun glare. — Она заслонила глаза от яркого солнца. She is anxious to shield her children from the press. — Она стремится оградить своих детей от вмешательства прессы в их жизнь.

4. tо guard — защищать, стоять на страже, охранять, караулить, стеречь, сторожить (предполагает действия, направленные на сохранение того или тех, кто был доверен кому-либо): to guard smb's life (one's reputation) — охранять чью-либо жизнь (свою репутацию); to guard prisoners — караулить узников/охранять пленных; to guard treasure — охранять клад/сторожить клад/караулить клад; to guard one's property against thieves — стеречь/караулить имущество от воров The dog is guarding the sheep. — Собака сторожит овец./Собака караулит овец. There were two soldiers guarding the main gate. — Главные ворота охранялись двумя солдатами. The palace entrance is guarded round the clock. — Подъезд дворца охраняется круглые сутки. The trees guarded the farm from the wind. — Деревья защищали ферму от ветра. The company is fiercely guarding its independence. — Фирма упорно защищает свою независимость./Фирма яростно отстаивает свою независимость./Фирма стоит на страже своей независимости. They have been guarding the details of their research. — Они хранили в секрете результаты своего исследования./Они строго охраняли результаты своего исследования.

5. to uphold — защищать, поддерживать (предполагает высказывания в защиту/в пользу чего-либо, подтверждения чьих-либо решений или высказанных предположений): The court of appeal upheld the verdict. — Апелляционный суд подтвердил приговор. The headmaster upheld the teacher's decision. — Директор поддержал решение учителя. The Home Secretary's decision was upheld by the House of Lords. — Решение министра внутренних дел получило одобрение в палате лордов./Решение министра внутренних дел было поддержано в палате лордов. They were fighting to uphold the rights of small nations. — Они боролись за права малых народов./Они выступали в поддержку малых народов и их прав./Они выступали в защиту малых народов.

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