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• rule (subs.):

I. An instrument for measuring with;

1. rēgŭla: Cic. fr.: Plin.
2. norma (a carpenter's square: more freq. in sig. II.): Plin. 36, 22, 51.
3. ămussis, im, f. (carpenter's tool: perh. a square or level): esp. in phr. ad amussim, or as one word, adamussim, precisely according to r., exactly: Aus. Idyll. 16, 11: Varr.: Gell.
4. dĕcempĕda (10 feet in length: for land-measuring): Cic. Ac. 4, 41, 126 Hor.

II. A regulation, precept, direction:

1. rēgŭla: the r. of a corrupt custom, pravissimae consuetudinis r., Cic. Br. 74, 258: the r. of right and wrong, juris et injuriae r., id. Fin. 1, 6, 19.
2. norma: the r. of the ancients, veterum n., Hor. Od. 2, 15, 12: a certain r. of reason, certa rationis n., Cic. Mur. 2, 2.
3. lex: a fixed r. for versification, versibus certa lex, Cic. Or. 58, 198: a grammatical r., l. grammatica, Gell. 13, 20.
4. praeceptum: some r.s must be laid down, pr. quaedam danda sunt, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44: r.s for speaking, pr. dicendi, id. Brut. 76, 263.
5. praescriptum: observing these r.s, haec praescripta servans, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92. Also, praescriptio: the r. of reason, praescriptio rationis, id. Tusc. 4, 9, 22: the r. of half an hour (for speaking), pr. semihorae, id. Rab. perd. 2, 6. Join: hanc normam, hanc regulam, hanc praescriptionem naturae, id. Acad. 4, 46, 140.
6. formŭla: Join: formula ratioque scribendi, Suet. Aug. 88.
7. instĭtūtum (standing r. or recognized principle): r.s of society, instituta civilia, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148. Join: [oblitus] consuetudinis et instituti mei, id. Att. 4, 18, 1.
8. body of r.s, instĭtūtio: according to the r.s of art, ex institutione artis, Auct. ad Her. 3, 9, 16.
9. in same sense, disciplīna: Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7.

III. Government:

1. dĭtio: Virg. Aen. 1, 622: Cic. Prov. 13, 32.
2. impĕrium: Virg. Aen. 6, 796.
3. rĕgĭmen: the r. of conduct, r. morum, Liv. 4, 8.
4. regnum: under the r. of Cinara, sub r. Cinarae, Hor. Od. 4, 1, 4.
5. dŏminātus, ūs: freed from kingly r., d. regio liberata, Cic. Brut. 10, 41: v. government, sway. Phr.: according to r., rite: Auct. pro Dom. 52, 134: or expr. by adj., lēgĭtĭmus: a poem according to r., l. poema, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109: out of r., inordinate., Cels. 4, 25: or by adj., inordinatus., Quint. 1, 10, 46: to lay down a r., legem sancire: Cic. Am. 12, 40: praescribere: Caes. B. G. 1, 36: uprightness must be the r. of advantage, honestate dirigenda utilitas est, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 83: to live by r., valetudini servire, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, extr.

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A. Trans.
1. rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3 (with acc.
2. mŏdĕror, 1 (in this sense, with acc.)
3. tempĕro, 1 (to restrain, regulate
4. impĕro, impĕrĭto, 1
B. Intrans.
I. To possess power
1. dŏmĭnor, 1
2. regno, 1
3. praesum, fui (with dat.)
II. To lay down a decision in a court
1. ēdīco, xi, ctum
2. dēcerno, crēvi, crētum
III. Of a custom
1. obtĭneo, ui, 2
2. păteo, ui, 2 (to extend, have influence)

• rule (v.):

A. Trans.: to govern:

1. rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3 (with acc.: most gen. term): Cic.: Virg.
2. mŏdĕror, 1 (in this sense, with acc.): r.ing the seas, maria moderantem, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93. Join: regit et moderatur, id. Somn. Sc. 8.
3. tempĕro, 1 (to restrain, regulate: with acc. or dat.): he r.s their passions, temperat iras, Virg. Aen. 1, 57: r.d his anger, temperavit irae (dat.), Liv. 33, 20.
4. impĕro, impĕrĭto, 1: v. to govern.

B. Intrans.:

I. To possess power:

1. dŏmĭnor, 1: to r. over the other animals, dominari in cetera animalia, Ov. Met. 1, 77: the Danai r. in the city, dominantur in urbe, Virg. Aen. 2, 327: dominor is used with a dat. in later writers only, Zumpt, § 413.
2. regno, 1: while Greece was still r.ing, regnante jam Graecia, Cic. Brut. 10, 41: (Clodius thinks) that he shall r. when Milo has been killed, Milone interfecto se regnaturum, id. Mil. 16, 43.
3. praesum, fui (with dat.): over which countries four kings r.d, quibus regionibus quatuor reges praeerant, Caes. B. G. 5, 22 he had r.d with kindness, clementer praefuerat, Liv. 34, 40. Phr.: while she (Athens) r.d, dum ea rerum potita est, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70: Claudius who then r.d supreme, qui tum erat summo in imperio, id. Fin. 2, 20, 66: poet., imperii frena tenere, Ov. Trist. 2, 42: imperii frena moderari, id. Pont. 2, 9, 33: sceptra tenere, id. Her. 16, 176: v. to reign.

II. To lay down a decision in a court: r. in court of law:

1. ēdīco, xi, ctum: Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118.
2. dēcerno, crēvi, crētum: ib. 119.

III. Of a custom

1. obtĭneo, ui, 2: a custom which formerly r.d, consuetudo quae retro obtinuit, Ulp. Dig. 1, 16, 7: v. to prevail.
2. păteo, ui, 2 (to extend, have influence): in which avarice r.s widely, in quo latissime patet avaritia, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 24: this precept r.s more widely, patet latius, id. Tusc. 3, 24, 58.

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• RULE

s. An instrument for drawing lines and measuring, regula (for drawing straight lines): norma (for measuring squares): amussis (a carpenter’s rule).
A law, regulation, constitution, lex (a prescribed method of acting or of doing anything; hence ☞ leges dicendi, “the rules of grammar,” in which case regulae would not be Latin): praescriptum, praeceptum; alicujus rei, or with a gerund in di: ☞ regula (an instrument for drawing straight lines) and norma (PROP., a square, an instrument for marking out right angles) can never be employed with reference to a single rule or prescription, but only when “the rule” is equivalent to “a body of rules, a code;” hence these words always take a genitive, or there is a circumlocution; as, regula ad quam aliquid dirigitur, or qua aliquid judicatur; norma qua, or ad quam, aliquid dirigitur. ☞ There is no plur. regulae, or normae, in the sense of “rules.” To prescribe a rule, legem dare, scribere; praeceptum dare, tradere; praecipere; praescribere. To give rules concerning anything, praecipere, tradere de aliqua re: to observe or follow a rule, legem servare, observare; praescriptum servare; praeceptum tenere (☞ regulam servare is not Latin). Made by line and rule, ad legem ac regulam compositus (Quint., 12, 10, 50). It is to be observed as a rule, not to, etc., tenendum est hoc alicujus rei praeceptum, ne, etc. It is a rule in anything that, haec lex in aliqua re sancitur, ut. It is an exception to the rule, hoc excipio. I depart from my rule, *discedo a more meo: to live by rule, dirigere vitam ad certam normam; *vitam severis legibus astringere.
Government, dominion, imperium: potestas: ditio: principatus: dominatio: dominatus: regnum. SYN. in DOMINION.

v. Transitively, To draw lines with an instrument, lineas ad regulam dirigere, exigere: to rule paper, *chartam lineis signare, distinguere: ruled paper, *charta lineis ex atramento signata. A ruled table, tabula lineis distincta (Gesner).
To govern, imperare, imperitare, alicujus esse imperatorem, imperio regere or imperio tenere aliquem, aliquid (to have the command over a person or thing): dominari, dominationem habere in aliquem (to exercise unlimited power over; especially figuratively): praeesse alicui or alicui rei (to preside over). To rule a city, urbem imperio regere: to be ruled by anybody, imperio alicujus teneri; teneri in alicujus ditione et potestate: to submit to be ruled by anybody, imperium alicujus sustinere; se regi ab aliquo pati (opposed to imperium alicujus detrectare). The mind rules the body, animus regit corpus: to be ruled by ambition, ambitione teneri.
To manage, constituere: ordinare: decernere: dirigere.
Intransitively, To be in command, civitatem regere; imperium tractare; regnare esse in imperio; potiri rerum; potiri sceptra (Lucr.), sceptris (Verg.), regnis (Velleius); imperio uti (Sall.); regnum (in loco) exercere (Plin.).

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