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|lshtext=<b>rector</b>: ōris, m. [[rego]],<br /><b>I</b> a guider, [[leader]], [[director]], [[ruler]], [[master]] (cf.: [[moderator]], [[gubernator]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.), of a [[helmsman]]: navium rectores, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24; so Verg. A. 5, 161; 176; Ov. M. 2. 186; 6, 232; 11, 482; 493; id. Tr. 1, 2, 31; of a [[horseman]], id. A. A. 2, 433; Sil. 17, 138; Tac. Agr. 36 fin.; id. A. 1, 65; Suet. Tit. 4; of an [[elephant]]-[[driver]], Liv. 27, 49; 44, 5; Curt. 8, 14, 9; of a [[herdsman]], Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[ruler]], [[leader]], [[governor]], etc. ([[class]].): inesse aliquem non [[solum]] habitatorem in hac caelesti ac divinā [[domo]], sed [[etiam]] rectorem et moderatorem et [[tamquam]] architectum tanti operis, Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90: [[rector]] et [[gubernator]] civitatis, id. Rep. 2, 29, 52; cf. id. ib. 5, 3, 5; 5, 4, 6; 6, 1, 1; 6, 13, 13; id. de Or. 1, 48, 211; Liv. 4, 14: Thebarum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 74: Dolopum, Ov. M. 12, 364: populorum, id. ib. 7, 481; cf., of the [[deity]]: [[quid]] [[sit]] summi rectoris ac domini [[numen]], Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 11, so of Jupiter: [[rector]] caelestūm, deūm, Olympi, etc., Cat. 64, 204: divūm, Verg. A. 8, 572: superūm, Ov. M. 1, 668; 2, 60; 9, 498; 13, 599 al.; of [[Neptune]]: pelagi, maris, id. ib. 1, 331; 4, 797; 11, 207; Stat. Achill. 1, 61 al.; of the [[ruler]] of a [[province]], Tac. A. 2, 4; 12, 40; id. H. 2, 59; 85; Suet. Aug. 89; id. Vesp. 8; of the [[commander]] of an [[army]], Tac. Agr. 28; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 11; 36; Suet. Aug. 89; Verg. A. 9, 173 Heyne; of a [[master]] of [[youth]], a [[tutor]], [[instructor]], [[teacher]], [[guide]], Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 4; Suet. Aug. 48; id. Tib. 12; Tac. A. 1, 24; 3, 48; 13, 2: bonorum [[rector]] ([[sapiens]]), Sen. Ep. 85, 38. — Of inanim. or abstr. things: (sol) nec temporum [[modo]] terrarumque, sed siderum [[etiam]] ipsorum caelique [[rector]], Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 12: [[animus]] [[incorruptus]], [[aeternus]], [[rector]] humani generis, Sall. J. 2, 3, and v. [[rectrix]]; Quint. 12, 10, 56.
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