government Copy link Outline I. The act or function1. most freq. expr. by verb2. gŭbernātio3. rĕgĭmen, ĭnis, n. (chiefly poet. and late)4. admĭnistrātio, cūra5. praefectūra (as position of power)II. The supreme power1. impĕrium2. regnum3. dĭtio, potestasIII. (Form of) governmentIV. The persons in whom the governing power residesV. A province to which a governor is attached1. prōvincia2. praefectūra (strictly under a praefectus, also in gen. sense)3. dioecēsis, is, f. (διοίκησις)VI. The office of a delegated governor • government: I. The act or function: 1. most freq. expr. by verb: experienced in the g. of a state, peritus civitatis regendae, gubernandae: in the founding and g. of states, in constituendis temperandisque civitatibus, Cic. Acad. 2, 1, 3: mode of g., modus imperandi, Cic.: v. to govern. 2. gŭbernātio: e. g., civitatis, Cic. Rep. 1, 2. 3. rĕgĭmen, ĭnis, n. (chiefly poet. and late): to undertake the g., r. suscipere, Tac. Fig.: the counsel and g. of life, consilium r.-que vitae, Lucr. 4. admĭnistrātio, cūra: v. administration. 5. praefectūra (as position of power): to promote any one to the g. of Egypt, aliquem ad p. Aegypti provehere, Suet. Aug. 66: cf. id. Ner. 47, where the ref. is again to Egypt. II. The supreme power: 1. impĕrium: to obtain the g. of all Gaul, imperio totius Galliae potiri, Caes. B. G. 1, 2: the Gauls fell under the g. of the Roman people, Galli sub P. R. imperium ceciderunt, Caes.: v. power. 2. regnum: v. sovereignty. 3. dĭtio, potestas: v. control, sway. III. (Form of) government: Phr.: these three forms of g., tria haec genera rerum publicarum, Cic. Rep. 1, 28: that form of g. we call monarchy, ejus reipublicae statum regnum appellamus, ib. 26: that form of g. is called an aristocracy, illa civitas arbitrio optimatium regi dicitur, ib. 26: a g. by democracy, quum omnia per populum geruntur, ib. 27. IV. The persons in whom the governing power resides: ii qui summam rerum administrant, cf. Cic. R. Am. 32, 91; quos penes est omnium summa rerum, cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 26; quos penes omnis curatio atque administratio reipublicae est, cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2; qui rempublicam tenent, cf. Cic. Fam. 4, 7, ad fin. Also the word imperium is sometimes = qui imperant, Caes. B. G. 1, 31. V. A province to which a governor is attached: 1. prōvincia: v. province. 2. praefectūra (strictly under a praefectus, also in gen. sense): Tac. Ann. 11, 10 (where it is used of Asiatic regions not under Roman rule): Egypt is divided into g.s of (by) towns (= nomes), Aegyptus dividitur in praefecturas oppidorum, Plin. 5, 9, 9: v. prefecture. (This perhaps is the most suitable term to denote a government in modern times.) 3. dioecēsis, is, f. (διοίκησις): in Cic. used of divisions of provinces, Fam. 3, 8, med., omnium illarum dioecesium quae cis Taurum sunt: the g. of Asia and Pontus, Asiana et Pontica d., Cod. Theod. (where it is used of a number of provinces under one governor: Forcell.). VI. The office of a delegated governor: praefectūra: v. supr. (I. 5). To raise to a g praeficere: Cic.: Tac.: v. governor (fin.).