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.
guide (v.) Copy link Outline I. To act as a (local) guideII. To manage, control1. rĕgo, xi, ctum, 32. gŭberno, 1 • guide (v.): I. To act as a (local) guide: dūco, xi, ctum, 3: v. to lead. Simly., perduco, to g. or lead home, Virg. E. 6, 60. Frequent., perducto to g. any one through a house, aliquem (per aedes) perd., Pl. Most. 3, 2, 162. Simly, deduco (= perduco). to g. any one to a spring, ad fontem d. aliquem. Juv. 14, 104. II. To manage, control: 1. rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3: to g. a person's hand in writing, (scribentis) manum manu superimposita r., Quint. 1, 1, 27: v. to direct, govern. 2. gŭberno, 1: v. to control. Phr.: to be g.d by any one's advice, alicujus consilio uti (v. to follow): to be g.d by circumstances in forming one's plans, ad tempus (ex re) consilium capere, Cic. Fam. 10, 9., fin.
GUIDE Copy link • GUIDE 1. v. ducere (general term, to give a certain direction; PROP., only): ducem esse alicui or alicujus rei (to be the guide of anybody or anything, PROP. and IMPROP.): regere: moderari: moderatorem esse alicujus rei: gubernare. (The words are found in this connection and order.) regere et moderari: regere et gubernare: gubernare et moderari (to rule or direct anything): administrare (to have the management of anything, to administer). To guide the hand (of a person learning to write), scribentis manum manu superimposita regere (Quint., 1, 1, 27): to guide the pen, *pennam regere: to guide anybody, aliquem consiliis gubernare: to guide anybody as one pleases, ex voluntate uti aliquo: to give one’s hand to anybody, to guide him, alicui manus dare: to suffer one’s self to be guided, se regi pati; also, regi posse; by anybody, alicujus consilio regi; aliquem or alicujus auctoritatem sequi; alicui parere, alicui or alicujus auctoritati: obtemperare [Vid: To OBEY]: to be guided by anything, aliquid sequi; aliqua re moveri (e.g., by what is morally good, honesto): aliquam rem ducem sequi: to be guided by circumstances, ex re consulere (i. e., to act according to the circumstances of the case, without being tied down to any particular measures). 2. s. dux (general term for leader): rector: moderator: gubernator (especially of the stale, reipublicae): princeps alicujus rei (that is at the head of anything): qui praeest alicui rei (e.g., studiis alicui, who directs the studies of anybody; also, qui praefectus est, etc.; paedagogus [Vid: GOVERNOR]: dux viae or itineris (guide in travelling; also, viarum atque itinerum dux, as Caes., B.G., 6, 17, of Mercury). To have anybody for a guide, uti aliquo duce itineris: to offer one’s services to anybody as guide, polliceri se itineris ducem. Anything serves me for a guide, aliquid sequor; *liber, quem quasi ducem sequor (a guide in the shape of a book): to take Bredow for one’s guide in lecturing upon history, *historiam Bredovio duce discipulis tradere: to take anything for or as a guide, aliquam rem ducem sequi: in all things take prudence for a guide, omnia gubernes ac moderere prudentia tua.