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|lshtext=<b>gŭbernācŭlum</b>: ([[poet]]. contr. gŭ-bernāclum, Lucr. 4, 904; Verg. A. 5, 176; 859; 6, 349 al.), i, n. [[guberno]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[helm]], [[rudder]] (cf. [[clavus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: hominis, non sapientis inventa sunt navigia, additis a [[tergo]] gubernaculis, quae huc [[atque]] [[illuc]] cursum navigii torqueant: [[exemplum]] a piscibus [[tractum]], qui [[cauda]] reguntur, etc., Sen. Ep. 90; cf.: piscium [[meatus]] gubernaculi [[modo]] regunt (caudae), Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 264: ut cruribus [[velut]] gubernaculis demissis cursum dirigeret, Front. 3, 13, 6: hic [[ille]] [[naufragus]] ad [[gubernaculum]] accessit, et navi, [[quoad]] potuit, est [[opitulatus]], Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154: [[ipse]] gubernaclo [[rector]] subit, [[ipse]] [[magister]], Verg. A. 5, 176.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[guidance]], [[direction]]; esp. of the [[state]], [[government]] ([[usually]] in plur.): clavum tanti imperii [[tenere]] et gubernacula rei publicae tractare, Cic. Sest. 9, 20; cf.: qui ad gubernacula rei publicae sedere debebant, id. Rosc. Am. 18, 51: repelli a gubernaculis civitatum, id. de Or. 1, 11, 46: recedere a gubernaculis, id. Fam. 16, 27, 1: ad gubernacula rei publicae accedere, Liv. 4, 3, 17: [[quis]] ad gubernacula sedeat [[summa]] [[cura]] providendum, id. 24, 8, 13: abicere gubernacula imperii, Val. Max. 7, 6, 1: transferre ad aliquem fortunarum suarum gubernacula, Nazar. [[Pan]]. Const. 27, 2: temperare gubernacula vitae, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: ([[rare]]) [[exercitus]] non [[habilis]] gubernaculo, Vell. 2, 113, 2: [[gubernaculum]] rei publicae [[tenere]], Lact. 1, 1, 14.
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