guide (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. dux, dŭcis, c.2. perductor (a g. over a place), Pl.II. Fig.1. dux2. auctor (adviser)3. rector • guide (subs.): I. Lit.: a g. to a place: 1. dux, dŭcis, c.: every one began to be his own g., sibi quisque dux itineris fieri coeperat, Curt. 5, 4, ad fin.: in this sense, viae, itineris, or locorum are usu. added, when the context renders it necessary: thus, Mercury is called viarum atque itinerum d., Caes. B. G. 6, 17: cf. Liv. 9, 5, med. 2. perductor (a g. over a place), Pl.: cf. to guide (3). (N.B.--Not ductor; which is leader, commander: q. v.) II. Fig.: one who exercises superintendence: 1. dux: g. in the management of the state, dux regendae civitatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63: to make reason one's g. in doing a thing, ad rem gerendam rationem d. habere, Cic. Div. 2, 40, 83. 2. auctor (adviser): g. in public policy, a. publici consilii, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63: often joined with dux, Cic.: v. adviser; guidance. 3. rector: v. director, governor.