govern Copy link Outline 1. impĕro, 1 (to exercise authority over2. impĕrĭto, 1 (frequent. of foregoing; and denoting the continued exercise of power)3. rĕgo, regno4. gŭberno, 1 (properly, to steer5. mŏdĕror (mŏdĕro), 1 (to set limits to6. dŏmĭnor, 1 (to have dominion)7. cūro, 1 (to attend to the administration of a province)8. tempĕro, 1 • govern: 1. impĕro, 1 (to exercise authority over: with dat.): to g. the whole of Numidia, omni Numidiae i., Sall.: to g. one's children, liberis i., Ter.: to g. oneself is the greatest government, i. sibi maximum imperium est, Sen.: to g. one's passions, cupiditatibus i., Cic. 2. impĕrĭto, 1 (frequent. of foregoing; and denoting the continued exercise of power): because they considered that they had been g.'d haughtily and exactingly, quod superbe avareque crederent imperitatum sibi esse, Liv. 21, 1: Sall.: Tac. 3. rĕgo, regno: v. to rule. 4. gŭberno, 1 (properly, to steer: hence, to guide and control: with acc.): Sulla g.'d the whole world, S. orbem terrarum gubernavit, Cic. R. Am. 45, 131. Join: gubernare et regere [civitates], Cic. Rep. 2, 9. 5. mŏdĕror (mŏdĕro), 1 (to set limits to: with dat., and in the strict sense of to govern, the acc.): to g. one's tongue, linguae moderari, Pl.: the deity who rules and g.s and moves that body, deus qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, Cic. Rep. 6, 24 (the act. form is rare). v. to control. 6. dŏmĭnor, 1 (to have dominion): Caes.: Cic.: v. to dominate. 7. cūro, 1 (to attend to the administration of a province): to g. Achaia, Achaiam c., Tac. Ann. 5, 10. 8. tempĕro, 1: v. to regulate. (N.B.--The pass. may be expr. by pāreo, 2, to be subject to: with dat.: formerly they were g.'d by kings, olim regibus parebant, Tac.: Just.: v. to obey; be subject to.) To govern, in gram. sense, is best expr. by jungi, construi; not regere.
GOVERN Copy link • GOVERNv. TRANS., To lead; to rule, imperare, imperitare alicui: alicujus esse imperatorem: imperio regere or imperio tenere aliquem, aliquid (to have the command of anybody or anything): dominari, dominationem habere in aliquem (to exercise an unlimited control over anybody; especially, IMPROP., of inanimate and abstract subjects): praeesse alicui or alicui rei (to be placed over anybody, or at the head of anything). To govern a state, civitatem regere: imperium tractare (to be the ruler, especially with reference to royal or imperial authority); regnare (with collateral notion of arbitrary rule); rempublicam regere or moderari; reipublicae praeesse; clavum reipublicae or imperii, or simply imperium tenere; ad gubernacula reipublicae sedere (to stand or be at the helm): to govern a town, urbem imperio regere: to be governed by anybody, imperio alicujus teneri; teneri in alicujus ditione et potestate; imperium alicujus sustinere; se regi ab aliquo pati (to allow one’s self to be governed). IMPROPR., To be master of anything, imperare alicui rei: moderari alicui rei (to moderate, to hold in check; e.g., to govern one’s tongue, linguae or orationi): not to be able to govern anything, impotentem esse alicujus rei (e.g., irae): to govern one’s self, sibi imperare; animi potentem esse; animum suum comprimere, coercere; one’s anger, iram reprimere: to govern one’s passions, etc., cupiditatibus imperare (opposed to servire); cupiditates continere, comprimere, coercere, frenare, domare ac frangere. We are governed by our passions, cupiditates dominationem in nos habent: the mind governs the body, animus regit corpus: to be governed by ambition, ambitione teneri. As grammatical term; jungi or conjungi (cum) aliqua re (i. e., to have a certain case or mood after it; e.g., potior governs the ablative case, potior jungitur, conjungitur (cum) ablativo): recipere aliquid (with regard to the government of words by conjunctions): “ut” governs the subjunctives; “ut” jungitur subjunctivo, or “ut” recipit subjunctiva; “ut” facit poni subjunctivos (all in Grammaticus).