ruler Copy link Outline I. A governor1. rector2. mŏdĕrātor3. regnātor4. dŏmĭnātor5. gŭbernātor; f. gŭbernātrix, Cic.6. arbĭter, tri7. praeses, ĭdis (official)II. For drawing lines • ruler: I. A governor: 1. rector: r. of the state, reipublicae r., Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 211: r. of Olympus, r. Olympi, Ov. Met. 2, 60. 2. mŏdĕrātor: Join: rector et moderator, Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90: moderator et dux, id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68. Fem. moderatrix: providence is a divine r., m. divina est providentia, id. N. D. 3, 39, 92. 3. regnātor: r. of Asia, r. Asiae, Virg. Aen. 2, 557: r. of Olympus, r. Olympi, ib. 7, 558. 4. dŏmĭnātor: Jove the r. of all things, d. rerum, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4. Fem. dominatrix: id. Inv. 1, 2, 2. 5. gŭbernātor; f. gŭbernātrix, Cic.: v. governor. 6. arbĭter, tri: poet.: Hor. Od. 1, 3, 15. 7. praeses, ĭdis (official): r.s of provinces, praesides provinciarum, Suet. Aug. 23: v. governor, leader. II. For drawing lines: rēgŭla: v. rule.
RULER Copy link • RULEROne who rules, a governor, dominator alicujus (the governor, Cic., N.D., 2, 2, 4, dominator rerum Deus): dominus, of anybody, alicujus (unlimited master, lord; hence the pure Latin term for tyrannus): moderator: gubernator: rector. (The words are found in this connection and order.) rector et moderator (guide and governor; especially of God): tyrannus (one that has raised himself to dominion; a tyrant): princeps; imperator (as prince, emperor: ☞ of the Silver Age): feminine, quae imperio regit; dominatrix, moderatrix, gubernatrix. The sovereign or universal RULER, regnator omnium; cujus numini parent omnia (of God; regnator omnium Deus, cetera subjecta et parentia; Tac., Germ., 39, 5). An instrument for ruling with; Vid. SULE, s.