CONTROLLER Copy link • CONTROLLEROne who keeps in check, governs, dominator alicujus rei (e.g., dominator rerum Deus, Cic.): moderator: gubernator: rector: (the words are found in this connection and order), rector et gubernator (ruler, guide, etc., especially of God): repressor (one who represses, restrains; e.g., caedis quotidianae, Cic.; tributorum, Eutropius): custos: curator (overseer, inspector) : Controller (or comptroller) of accounts, contrascriptor rationum (Inscript.).