reign (v.) Copy link Outline 1. regno, 1 (applied prop. to kings, and hence often with the notion of tyranny; constr. poet. with gen.)2. impĕro, 1 (prop. but not always, of an emperor)3. impĕrĭto, 1 (same as preced.)4. dŏmĭnor, 1 (to be supreme, to domineer) • reign (v.): 1. regno, 1 (applied prop. to kings, and hence often with the notion of tyranny; constr. poet. with gen.): when he had r.'d 37 years, cum septem et triginta regnavisset annos, Cic. Rep. 2, 10: to r. at Amyclae, r. Amyclis, Virg. Aen. 10, 564: to r. over Greek towns, Graias r. per urbes, id. ib. 3, 295: strangers have r.'d over us, advenae in nos regnaverunt, Tac. A. 11, 24: Omphis r.'d over that district, regnabat in ea regione Omphis, Curt. 8, 12, 4: he began to r., r. occepit, Liv. 1, 49: (Daunus) r.'d over rustic tribes, agrestium regnavit populorum, Hor. Od. 3, 30, 11 (rare poet. constr.): a land over which my parent r.s, tellus regnata parenti, Ov. H. 10, 69. Fig.: I live and r., vivo et r., Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 8: the fire r.s victorious among the boughs, ignis victor per ramos regnat, Virg. G. 2, 307: money r.s supreme, sola pecunia regnat, poet. Petr. 14, 1. 2. impĕro, 1 (prop. but not always, of an emperor): he r.'d three years, imperavit triennio, Suet. Cal. 59: to r. over all Numidia, omni Numidiae i., Sall. Jug. 13. Fig.: the passions r., animus imperat, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63. 3. impĕrĭto, 1 (same as preced.): ten men r.'d, decem imperitabant, Liv. 1, 17: Tac. 4. dŏmĭnor, 1 (to be supreme, to domineer): he shall r. over conquered Argos, victis dominabitur Argis, Virg. Aen. 1. 285: to r. over one's enemies, d. in adversarios, Liv. 3, 53. Fig.: the plague r.s in the great city, pestis magnae dominatur in moenibus urbis, Ov. M. 7, 553: chance r.s over everything, fortuna in omni re dominatur, Sall. Cat. 8, ad init.: where lust r.s there is slight protection for innocence, ubi libido dominatur innocentiae leve praesidium est, Crassus in Cic. Or. 65, 219: v. rule. Phr.: (i) Lit.: to r., summae rerum praeesse, Liv. 1. 17: regna, sceptra tenere, Lucr. 5, 1126; Virg. Aen. 1, 57: of an emperor, purpuram sumere, Eutr. 9, 21: he r.'d alone, solus regnum obtinuit, Sall. Jug. 5, ad fin.: they who have r.'d, ii qui dominatum imperio tenuerunt, Nep. de Reg. 1, 2: they who r.'d after his death, ii qui post obitum ejus imperia ceperunt, id. ib. 3, 1: Galba r.ing shortly after, Galba mox rempublicam tenente, Suet. Tit. 5: four kings r.'d over these districts, quibus regionibus quatuor praeerant reges, Caes. B. G. 5, 22: he begins to r. over the country, sceptra loci capit, Ov. M. 6, 677: to r. over the lands, terras ditione tenere, Virg. Aen. 1, 236: a nation r.ing far and wide, populum late regem, id. ib. 1, 21. (ii) Fig.: when the solemn stillness of night r.s all around, severa silentia noctis undique cum constent, Lucr. 4, 458: the indifference to the Gods which now r.s, negligentia deûm quae nunc tenet seculum, Liv. 3, 20: v. prevail.