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|lshtext=<b>rĕgo</b>: xi, ctum, 3, v. a. Sanscr. arg-, argami, to [[obtain]]; Gr. [[ὀρέγω]] [[reach]] [[after]]; cf. Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, [[king]]; Germ. Reich and Recht,<br /><b>I</b> to [[keep]] [[straight]] or from [[going]] [[wrong]], to [[lead]] [[straight]]; to [[guide]], [[conduct]], [[direct]] (freq. and [[class]].; syn.: [[guberno]], [[moderor]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[deus]] est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id [[corpus]], cui [[praepositus]] est, Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26: [[manus]] una (navem) regit, Lucr. 4, 903: onera navium velis, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: [[arte]] ratem, Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf. clavum, Verg. A. 10, 218: te ventorum regat [[pater]], Hor. C. 1, 3, 3: [[vela]], Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24: coërcet et regit beluam, Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67: equum, Liv. 35, 11: equos, Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf. quadrupedes, id. M. 2, 86: spumantia ora (equi), id. ib. 8, 34: frena, id. P. 4, 12, 24: equi impotentes regendi, Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28: [[currus]], Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: [[taurus]] ex grege, quem [[prope]] litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27: rege [[tela]] per auras, Verg. A. 9, 409: [[tela]] per viscera Caesaris, Luc. 7, 350; cf.: [[missum]] jaculum, Ov. M. 7, 684: sagittas [[nusquam]], Luc. 7, 515: regens tenui vestigia filo, Cat. 64, 113; cf.: Daedalium [[iter]] [[lino]] duce, Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8: caeca filo vestigia, Verg. A. 6, 30: diverso [[flamina]] tractu, Ov. M. 1, 59: [[gressus]], Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., jurid. t. t.: regere fines, to [[draw]] the boundaries, [[mark]] [[out]] the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[guide]], [[lead]], [[conduct]], [[manage]], [[direct]].<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: Deus qui omnem hunc [[mundum]] regit, Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13: domum, id. ib. 1, 39, 61: rem consilio, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13: belli [[fera]] munera [[Mavors]] regit, Lucr. 1, 33; cf. bella, Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47: omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2: alicujus animum [[atque]] [[ingenium]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.: animi [[motus]] ([[with]] moderari cupiditates), Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76: [[mores]], Ov. M. 15, 834: animos dictis, Verg. A. 1, 153: animum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62: ut me [[ipse]] regam, id. ib. 1, 1, 27: consilia [[senatus]], Quint. 12, 1, 26: valetudines principis, Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.: valetudinem arbitratu suo, Suet. Tib. 68 al.: [[neque]] regerentur [[magis]] [[quam]] regerent [[casus]], Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.: jam regi leges, non regere, Liv. 10, 13: [[utroque]] vorsum rectum est [[ingenium]] [[meum]], Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6: vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum, Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9: Silvanum specie obsequii regebat, Tac. H. 3, 50: [[nemo]] regere potest, [[nisi]] qui et regi, Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[sway]], [[control]], [[rule]], [[govern]], [[have]] the [[supremacy]] [[over]] [[any]] [[thing]]: [[quare]] qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant? Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so, rem publicam, id. ib. 1, 26, 41; 1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur, id. ib. 1, 34 fin.; 2, 9, 15: [[illa]] [[civitas]] optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur, id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.: Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur, id. ib. 1, 27, 43: Frisios, Tac. A. 4, 72: populos imperio, Verg. A. 6, 851: imperiis Italiam, id. ib. 4, 230: legiones, Tac. A. 15, 7; cf. cohortes, id. H. 4, 12: exercitum, Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. [[Pan]]. 9, 2: domum, Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4: [[diva]], quae regis [[Antium]], Hor. C. 1, 35, 1: [[Diana]], quae [[silentium]] regis, id. Epod. 5, 51.—Transf., of [[abstract]] objects: animi partes consilio, Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60: ut unius potestate regatur [[salus]] et [[aequabilitas]] et [[otium]] civium, id. ib. 2, 23, 43: rex [[ille]] ([[Tarquinius]]) [[neque]] suos [[mores]] regere poterat [[neque]] suorum libidines, id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.: Tiberio regente, Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3: [[stare]] rempublicam [[nisi]] uno regente non posse, Quint. 3, 8, 47: quo regente, Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23: [[Clemens]] ambitioso imperio regebat, i. e. used his [[authority]] to [[court]] [[popular]] [[favor]], Tac. H. 2, 12.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[guide]] [[into]] the [[right]] [[way]] one [[who]] has erred; to [[set]] [[right]], [[correct]]: non [[multa]] peccas, sed si peccas, te regere [[possum]], old [[poet]] ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 ([[with]] corrigere and inflectere): errantem regere, Caes. B. C. 3, 57: [[rogo]], domine, consilio me regas, etc., Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,<br /><b>I</b> P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a [[governor]], [[prince]], [[ruler]], [[regent]]: [[contemptus]] regentium, Tac. A. 12, 54: in [[obsequium]] regentis, id. Or. 41: [[clementia]] regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3: [[vita]] regentis, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301: excogitare [[nemo]] [[quicquam]] poterit, [[quod]] [[magis]] [[decorum]] regenti [[sit]] [[quam]] [[clementia]], Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7: in [[vulgus]] manant exempla regentum (= -tium), Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—<br /><b>II</b> [[rectus]], a, um, P. a., led [[straight]] [[along]], [[drawn]] in a [[straight]] [[line]] ([[horizontal]] or [[vertical]]), [[straight]], [[upright]], [[ὀρθός]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., of [[horizontal]] [[direction]]: [[pars]] Remorum [[recta]] est (opp. refracta), Lucr. 4, 439: sed nil [[omnino]] rectā regione viaï declinare, id. 2, 249 Munro: rectā regione [[iter]] instituere, Liv. 21, 31: [[India]], rectā regione spatiosa, Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2: ad [[nostras]] [[aedes]] hic [[quidem]] habet rectam viam, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26: via, id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf. [[platea]], Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43: [[porta]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60: [[ostium]], id. Mil. 2, 3, 58: ostia viarum (opp. [[iter]] flexum), Lucr. 4, 93: [[cursus]] [[hinc]] in Africam, Liv. 26, 43: saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines [[servant]], Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.: [[recto]] flumine, Verg. A. 8, 57: [[recto]] ad Iberum itinere, Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9: ne [[qua]] forent pedibus vestigia rectis, Verg. A. 8, 209: [[recto]] grassetur limite [[miles]], Ov. Tr. 2, 477: [[velut]] rectae [[acies]] concurrissent, in a [[straight]] [[line]], [[line]] of [[battle]], Liv. 34, 28; so, [[acies]], id. 35, 28: qui ([[quincunx]]), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, [[rectus]] est, Quint. 8, 3, 9: hic vos aliud [[nihil]] orat, [[nisi]] ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48: [[adversus]] adparatus terribilium rectos oculos [[tenet]], Sen. Const. 5, 5: rectis oculis gladios micantes videre, id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24: oculi, Suet. Aug. 16; cf. [[acies]], Ov. M. 2, 776: [[lumen]], Luc. 9, 638: [[vultus]], Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of [[vertical]] [[direction]]: ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent, in [[perpendicular]] lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: saxa, [[perpendicular]], [[steep]], Liv. 21, 36 ([[just]] [[before]]: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.: rectae [[prope]] [[rupes]], id. 38, 20: [[truncus]], Ov. M. 7, 640: ita jacere talum, ut [[rectus]] assistat: qui ita [[talus]] erit jactus ut cadet [[rectus]], Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53: [[caput]] rectum et [[secundum]] naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in [[latus]] inclinatum, Quint. 11, 3, 69: homines, [[straight]], [[erect]], Cat. 10, 20; so, Quintia, id. 86, 1: [[puella]], Hor. S. 1, 2, 123: [[senectus]], Juv. 3, 26: iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem, does not [[shape]] his [[course]] [[directly]] [[forward]], Ov. M. 2, 715: vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes, Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.: [[crus]] Rectius, Hor. S. 1, 2, 82: rectior [[coma]], smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24: longā trabe rectior exstet, Ov. M. 3, 78: crura, Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.: rectissima [[linea]], Quint. 3, 6, 83: via, id. 12, 2, 27. —<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., [[right]], [[correct]], [[proper]], [[appropriate]], [[befitting]]; opp. to [[what]] is false or [[improper]]: [[vobis]] mentes rectae quae [[stare]] solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.): ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 ([[just]] [[before]]: aperte, ita ut res [[sese]] habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut [[dico]]? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, [[you]]'re on the [[right]] [[way]], Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33: rectā viā depelli, Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2; so [[post]]-[[class]].: de viā rectā declinare, Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum [[iter]] retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5: [[recta]] consilia [[dare]], Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: quae sint in artibus [[recta]] ac prava dijudicare, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.: quae sunt [[recta]] et simplicia laudantur, id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3: [[sermo]] [[rectus]] et [[secundum]] naturam enunciatus, id. 2, 5, 11; cf.: ([[oratio]]) [[recta]] an ordine permutato, id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27: per Marathonis propugnatores [[recto]] [[sono]] juravit (opp. [[flexus]] vocis), id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64: [[recto]] ac justo [[proelio]] dimicare, Liv. 35, 4 fin.: rectarum cenarum [[consuetudo]], a [[regular]], [[formal]] [[supper]], Suet. Dom. 7; so, [[cena]], Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.: [[recta]], Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10: [[domus]] [[recta]] est ([[with]] contenta [[decore]] simplici), Sen. Ep. 100, 6: nominibus rectis expendere nummos, i. e. on [[good]] securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut [[natura]] dedit, sic [[omnis]] [[recta]] [[figura]], [[correct]], [[beautiful]], Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3): [[absque]] te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad [[ingenium]] [[bonum]], [[suitable]], [[qualified]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.: rectum est [[etiam]] in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere, Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: [[quid]] [[verum]], [[quid]] falsum, [[quid]] rectum in oratione pravumve, id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: [[aliter]], [[quam]] est rectum verumque dicere, Quint. 6, 3, 89: cum [[sit]] rectum, Nocere [[facile]] est, etc., id. 8, 5, 6; so (opp. durum et incomptum), id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29: mutare aliquid a [[recto]], id. 2, 13, 11: [[recta]] et vera loquere, i. e. [[sincerely]], [[openly]], Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7: qui haec [[recta]] [[tantum]] et in nullos [[flexus]] recedentia [[copiose]] tractaverit, Quint. 10, 5, 12: ea [[plerumque]] [[recta]] sunt, id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.—Comp.: rectior [[divisio]], Quint. 7, 2, 39: si [[quid]] novisti rectius istis, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.—Sup.: rectissima [[ratio]], Quint. 2, 13, 3.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> Morally [[right]], [[correct]], [[lawful]], [[just]], [[virtuous]], [[noble]], [[good]] (opp. [[pravus]]); as subst.: rectum, i, n., [[that]] [[which]] is [[right]], [[good]], [[virtuous]]; [[uprightness]], [[rectitude]], [[virtue]] ([[very]] freq.): honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, [[quod]] cum virtute et [[officio]] [[fit]], Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, [[quod]] [[κατόρθωμα]] dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15: nec [[quicquam]] [[nisi]] honestum et rectum ab altero postulare, id. Lael. 22, 82; so [[with]] honestum, id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.: (opp. pravum) [[neque]] id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, [[quod]] petet, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.: [[recta]] consilia (opp. prava), Liv. 1, 27: in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus), Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31: [[curvo]] dignoscere rectum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44: [[mens]] sibi conscia recti, Verg. A. 1, 604: fidem rectumque colebat, Ov. M. 1, 90: [[recta]] ingenia (opp. perversa), Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.: in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non [[oportet]] discedere, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4: [[animus]] secundis Temporibus dubiisque [[rectus]], Hor. C. 4, 9, 36: [[natura]], id. S. 1, 6, 66: ex consularibus, [[unus]] L. [[Caesar]] [[firmus]] est et [[rectus]], Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2: judex, Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf. [[auditor]], Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6: vir [[rectus]] et [[sanctus]], id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1: [[beatus]] judicii [[rectus]], Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, [[with]] subjective-[[clause]]: rectum est gravitatem retinere, Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—<br /> <b>b</b> In gram.: [[rectus]] [[casus]], the nominative [[case]] ([[because]] not inflected; opp. obliqui [[casus]]), Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,<br /> <b>A</b> rectā,<br /> <b>B</b> rectō,<br /> <b>C</b> rectē.<br /> <b>A</b> rectā (sc. viā). [[straightway]], straightforwards, [[right]] on, [[directly]] (freq. and [[class]].): hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37: jam ad regem rectā me ducam, id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7: tu rus [[hinc]] [[ibis]]? ... rectā, id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19: [[Marius]] ab subselliis in [[rostra]] rectā, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus [[hinc]] rectā [[Beneventum]]. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —<br /> <b>B</b> rectō, straightforwards, [[directly]] (perh. [[only]] in the [[two]] foll. passages): appellationes, quae [[recto]] ad principem factae sunt, Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—<br /> <b>C</b> rectē.<br /> <b>1</b> Lit., in a [[straight]] [[line]] ([[horizontal]] or [[perpendicular]]), straightly, perpendicularly, [[uprightly]], ὀρθῶς ([[very]] [[rare]]): vitem [[bene]] enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet, [[Cato]], R. R. 33, 4: [[sive]] aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur ... quae (atomi) recte, quae [[oblique]] ferantur, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., [[rightly]], [[correctly]], [[properly]], [[duly]], [[suitably]], [[well]], [[advantageously]], [[accurately]] ([[very]] freq. in all periods and styles): [[recta]] et vera loquere, sed [[neque]] [[vere]] [[neque]] recte [[adhuc]] Fecisti [[umquam]], Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8: fecisti [[edepol]] et recte et [[bene]], Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte aut [[commode]], id. Cas. 2, 3, 42; so [[with]] [[commode]], Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100: recte et [[sapienter]] facit, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12: recte [[atque]] ordine [[factum]], Cic. Quint. 7, 28: recte [[atque]] ordine facere, id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.; v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac [[merito]] miseriā commoveri, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172: recte [[atque]] in [[loco]] constare, id. Mur. 12, 26: recte [[factum]], Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52: seu recte seu [[pervorse]] facta sunt, id. Trin. 1, 2, 146: seu recte seu [[perperam]] facere, Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. [[perperam]]) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17: recte [[dictum]] (opp. [[absurde]]), Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4: recte concludere (opp. [[vitiose]]), Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98: recte [[factum]] (opp. [[turpiter]]), Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.: recte rationem tenes, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47: [[hercle]] [[quin]] tu recte [[dicis]], id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1: non recte judicas de Catone, Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.: rectissime [[quidem]] judicas, id. Rep. 3, 32, 44: tum [[demum]] sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.: monere, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.: admonere recte, id. Men. 5, 9, 33: suis amicis recte res suas narrare, [[properly]], [[openly]], id. Poen. 5, 6, 2: hic ([[Epicurus]]) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere, [[consistently]], [[logically]], Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40: aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat, [[duly]], [[carefully]], Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11: alicui recte [[dare]] epistulam, [[correctly]], id. Ps. 4, 2, 33: cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem, [[safely]], Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so, sed habebat ducem Gabinium, [[quicum]] quidvis rectissime facere posset, id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.: alicui suam salutem recte committere, Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74: si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit, goes as he [[ought]], Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: [[tabernaculum]] recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed [[manner]] (opp. [[vitio]] captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.: ludi recte facti, id. 36, 2: ver [[sacrum]] non esse recte [[factum]], id. 34, 44: procedere recte, [[well]], [[rightly]], Enn. ap. [[Acron]]. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14: valere, id. Merc. 2, 3, 53: [[apud]] matrem recte est, i. e. she is [[quite]] [[well]], Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so, recte esse, id. ib. 14, 16, 4 ([[with]] [[belle]]); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: [[Tullia]] nostra recte valet ... Praeterea rectissime sunt [[apud]] te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1: recte [[sit]] oculis tuis, Gell. 13, 30, 11: [[olivetum]] recte putare, [[properly]], [[advantageously]], [[Cato]], R. R. 44: solet [[illa]] recte sub [[manus]] succedere, [[well]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2: recte cavere, to [[look]] [[out]] [[well]], [[take]] [[good]] [[care]], id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to [[look]] [[out]] [[well]] for one's [[self]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.: deos [[volo]] consilia vostra recte vortere, [[well]], [[happily]], Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so, vortere, id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, [[well]], i. e. [[dearly]], at a [[high]] [[price]] (opp. [[male]]), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. [[male]], injuriose, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.: nec recte loqui alicui, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83: nec recte dicere in aliquem, id. As. 1, 3, 3; and [[simply]] nec recte dicere, id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.: ad omnia [[alia]] aetate sapimus rectius, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46: hic [[tibi]] erit rectius, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31: rectius bella gerere, Liv. 3, 2 fin.: non possidentem [[multa]] vocaveris Recte [[beatum]], rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc., Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.—Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44;<br /> v. [[supra]]. —<br /> <b>b</b> With adjj., [[right]], [[well]], [[properly]], [[very]], [[much]], to [[strengthen]] the [[idea]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti [[pecus]] ovillum, [[quod]] recte sanum est, etc., an [[ancient]] [[formula]] in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6: [[locus]] recte [[ferax]], [[Cato]], R. R. 44: [[salvus]] [[sum]] recte, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34: morata recte, id. Aul. 2, 2, 62: [[oneratus]] recte, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115: non recte [[vinctus]] est, Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—<br /> <b>c</b> Ellipt., esp. in answers, in [[colloquial]] lang., [[well]], [[quite]] [[well]], [[right]], [[excellently]]: Thr. Primum [[aedis]] expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: [[quid]] vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), [[quite]] [[well]]? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' [[salve]]? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid [[fit]]? [[quid]] agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—<br /> <b>B</b> So, in [[colloquial]] lang., freq. [[like]] [[benigne]] and the Gr. [[καλῶς]],> or κάλλιστα ἔχει,> as a [[courteously]] [[evasive]] [[answer]], all's [[well]], it's all [[right]], [[there]]'s [[nothing]] the [[matter]]; or, in [[politely]] declining an [[offer]], [[nothing]] is [[wanting]], no I [[thank]] [[you]]: De. Unde incedis? [[quid]] festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte [[pater]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam [[tristis]]? Pa. Recte [[mater]], Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu [[istic]]? Syr. Recte [[equidem]], id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19: [[rogo]] [[numquid]] velit? Recte inquit, i. e. no, [[nothing]], id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so, in an [[exclamation]]: clamabit, [[pulchre]]! [[bene]]! recte! Hor. A. P. 4, 28. | |lshtext=<b>rĕgo</b>: xi, ctum, 3, v. a. Sanscr. arg-, argami, to [[obtain]]; Gr. [[ὀρέγω]] [[reach]] [[after]]; cf. Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, [[king]]; Germ. Reich and Recht,<br /><b>I</b> to [[keep]] [[straight]] or from [[going]] [[wrong]], to [[lead]] [[straight]]; to [[guide]], [[conduct]], [[direct]] (freq. and [[class]].; syn.: [[guberno]], [[moderor]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[deus]] est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id [[corpus]], cui [[praepositus]] est, Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26: [[manus]] una (navem) regit, Lucr. 4, 903: onera navium velis, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: [[arte]] ratem, Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf. clavum, Verg. A. 10, 218: te ventorum regat [[pater]], Hor. C. 1, 3, 3: [[vela]], Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24: coërcet et regit beluam, Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67: equum, Liv. 35, 11: equos, Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf. quadrupedes, id. M. 2, 86: spumantia ora (equi), id. ib. 8, 34: frena, id. P. 4, 12, 24: equi impotentes regendi, Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28: [[currus]], Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: [[taurus]] ex grege, quem [[prope]] litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27: rege [[tela]] per auras, Verg. A. 9, 409: [[tela]] per viscera Caesaris, Luc. 7, 350; cf.: [[missum]] jaculum, Ov. M. 7, 684: sagittas [[nusquam]], Luc. 7, 515: regens tenui vestigia filo, Cat. 64, 113; cf.: Daedalium [[iter]] [[lino]] duce, Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8: caeca filo vestigia, Verg. A. 6, 30: diverso [[flamina]] tractu, Ov. M. 1, 59: [[gressus]], Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., jurid. t. t.: regere fines, to [[draw]] the boundaries, [[mark]] [[out]] the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[guide]], [[lead]], [[conduct]], [[manage]], [[direct]].<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: Deus qui omnem hunc [[mundum]] regit, Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13: domum, id. ib. 1, 39, 61: rem consilio, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13: belli [[fera]] munera [[Mavors]] regit, Lucr. 1, 33; cf. bella, Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47: omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2: alicujus animum [[atque]] [[ingenium]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.: animi [[motus]] ([[with]] moderari cupiditates), Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76: [[mores]], Ov. M. 15, 834: animos dictis, Verg. A. 1, 153: animum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62: ut me [[ipse]] regam, id. ib. 1, 1, 27: consilia [[senatus]], Quint. 12, 1, 26: valetudines principis, Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.: valetudinem arbitratu suo, Suet. Tib. 68 al.: [[neque]] regerentur [[magis]] [[quam]] regerent [[casus]], Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.: jam regi leges, non regere, Liv. 10, 13: [[utroque]] vorsum rectum est [[ingenium]] [[meum]], Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6: vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum, Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9: Silvanum specie obsequii regebat, Tac. H. 3, 50: [[nemo]] regere potest, [[nisi]] qui et regi, Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[sway]], [[control]], [[rule]], [[govern]], [[have]] the [[supremacy]] [[over]] [[any]] [[thing]]: [[quare]] qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant? Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so, rem publicam, id. ib. 1, 26, 41; 1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur, id. ib. 1, 34 fin.; 2, 9, 15: [[illa]] [[civitas]] optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur, id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.: Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur, id. ib. 1, 27, 43: Frisios, Tac. A. 4, 72: populos imperio, Verg. A. 6, 851: imperiis Italiam, id. ib. 4, 230: legiones, Tac. A. 15, 7; cf. cohortes, id. H. 4, 12: exercitum, Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. [[Pan]]. 9, 2: domum, Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4: [[diva]], quae regis [[Antium]], Hor. C. 1, 35, 1: [[Diana]], quae [[silentium]] regis, id. Epod. 5, 51.—Transf., of [[abstract]] objects: animi partes consilio, Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60: ut unius potestate regatur [[salus]] et [[aequabilitas]] et [[otium]] civium, id. ib. 2, 23, 43: rex [[ille]] ([[Tarquinius]]) [[neque]] suos [[mores]] regere poterat [[neque]] suorum libidines, id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.: Tiberio regente, Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3: [[stare]] rempublicam [[nisi]] uno regente non posse, Quint. 3, 8, 47: quo regente, Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23: [[Clemens]] ambitioso imperio regebat, i. e. used his [[authority]] to [[court]] [[popular]] [[favor]], Tac. H. 2, 12.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[guide]] [[into]] the [[right]] [[way]] one [[who]] has erred; to [[set]] [[right]], [[correct]]: non [[multa]] peccas, sed si peccas, te regere [[possum]], old [[poet]] ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 ([[with]] corrigere and inflectere): errantem regere, Caes. B. C. 3, 57: [[rogo]], domine, consilio me regas, etc., Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,<br /><b>I</b> P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a [[governor]], [[prince]], [[ruler]], [[regent]]: [[contemptus]] regentium, Tac. A. 12, 54: in [[obsequium]] regentis, id. Or. 41: [[clementia]] regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3: [[vita]] regentis, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301: excogitare [[nemo]] [[quicquam]] poterit, [[quod]] [[magis]] [[decorum]] regenti [[sit]] [[quam]] [[clementia]], Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7: in [[vulgus]] manant exempla regentum (= -tium), Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—<br /><b>II</b> [[rectus]], a, um, P. a., led [[straight]] [[along]], [[drawn]] in a [[straight]] [[line]] ([[horizontal]] or [[vertical]]), [[straight]], [[upright]], [[ὀρθός]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., of [[horizontal]] [[direction]]: [[pars]] Remorum [[recta]] est (opp. refracta), Lucr. 4, 439: sed nil [[omnino]] rectā regione viaï declinare, id. 2, 249 Munro: rectā regione [[iter]] instituere, Liv. 21, 31: [[India]], rectā regione spatiosa, Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2: ad [[nostras]] [[aedes]] hic [[quidem]] habet rectam viam, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26: via, id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf. [[platea]], Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43: [[porta]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60: [[ostium]], id. Mil. 2, 3, 58: ostia viarum (opp. [[iter]] flexum), Lucr. 4, 93: [[cursus]] [[hinc]] in Africam, Liv. 26, 43: saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines [[servant]], Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.: [[recto]] flumine, Verg. A. 8, 57: [[recto]] ad Iberum itinere, Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9: ne [[qua]] forent pedibus vestigia rectis, Verg. A. 8, 209: [[recto]] grassetur limite [[miles]], Ov. Tr. 2, 477: [[velut]] rectae [[acies]] concurrissent, in a [[straight]] [[line]], [[line]] of [[battle]], Liv. 34, 28; so, [[acies]], id. 35, 28: qui ([[quincunx]]), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, [[rectus]] est, Quint. 8, 3, 9: hic vos aliud [[nihil]] orat, [[nisi]] ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48: [[adversus]] adparatus terribilium rectos oculos [[tenet]], Sen. Const. 5, 5: rectis oculis gladios micantes videre, id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24: oculi, Suet. Aug. 16; cf. [[acies]], Ov. M. 2, 776: [[lumen]], Luc. 9, 638: [[vultus]], Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of [[vertical]] [[direction]]: ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent, in [[perpendicular]] lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: saxa, [[perpendicular]], [[steep]], Liv. 21, 36 ([[just]] [[before]]: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.: rectae [[prope]] [[rupes]], id. 38, 20: [[truncus]], Ov. M. 7, 640: ita jacere talum, ut [[rectus]] assistat: qui ita [[talus]] erit jactus ut cadet [[rectus]], Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53: [[caput]] rectum et [[secundum]] naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in [[latus]] inclinatum, Quint. 11, 3, 69: homines, [[straight]], [[erect]], Cat. 10, 20; so, Quintia, id. 86, 1: [[puella]], Hor. S. 1, 2, 123: [[senectus]], Juv. 3, 26: iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem, does not [[shape]] his [[course]] [[directly]] [[forward]], Ov. M. 2, 715: vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes, Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.: [[crus]] Rectius, Hor. S. 1, 2, 82: rectior [[coma]], smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24: longā trabe rectior exstet, Ov. M. 3, 78: crura, Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.: rectissima [[linea]], Quint. 3, 6, 83: via, id. 12, 2, 27. —<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., [[right]], [[correct]], [[proper]], [[appropriate]], [[befitting]]; opp. to [[what]] is false or [[improper]]: [[vobis]] mentes rectae quae [[stare]] solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.): ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 ([[just]] [[before]]: aperte, ita ut res [[sese]] habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut [[dico]]? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, [[you]]'re on the [[right]] [[way]], Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33: rectā viā depelli, Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2; so [[post]]-[[class]].: de viā rectā declinare, Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum [[iter]] retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5: [[recta]] consilia [[dare]], Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: quae sint in artibus [[recta]] ac prava dijudicare, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.: quae sunt [[recta]] et simplicia laudantur, id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3: [[sermo]] [[rectus]] et [[secundum]] naturam enunciatus, id. 2, 5, 11; cf.: ([[oratio]]) [[recta]] an ordine permutato, id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27: per Marathonis propugnatores [[recto]] [[sono]] juravit (opp. [[flexus]] vocis), id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64: [[recto]] ac justo [[proelio]] dimicare, Liv. 35, 4 fin.: rectarum cenarum [[consuetudo]], a [[regular]], [[formal]] [[supper]], Suet. Dom. 7; so, [[cena]], Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.: [[recta]], Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10: [[domus]] [[recta]] est ([[with]] contenta [[decore]] simplici), Sen. Ep. 100, 6: nominibus rectis expendere nummos, i. e. on [[good]] securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut [[natura]] dedit, sic [[omnis]] [[recta]] [[figura]], [[correct]], [[beautiful]], Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3): [[absque]] te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad [[ingenium]] [[bonum]], [[suitable]], [[qualified]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.: rectum est [[etiam]] in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere, Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: [[quid]] [[verum]], [[quid]] falsum, [[quid]] rectum in oratione pravumve, id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: [[aliter]], [[quam]] est rectum verumque dicere, Quint. 6, 3, 89: cum [[sit]] rectum, Nocere [[facile]] est, etc., id. 8, 5, 6; so (opp. durum et incomptum), id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29: mutare aliquid a [[recto]], id. 2, 13, 11: [[recta]] et vera loquere, i. e. [[sincerely]], [[openly]], Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7: qui haec [[recta]] [[tantum]] et in nullos [[flexus]] recedentia [[copiose]] tractaverit, Quint. 10, 5, 12: ea [[plerumque]] [[recta]] sunt, id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.—Comp.: rectior [[divisio]], Quint. 7, 2, 39: si [[quid]] novisti rectius istis, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.—Sup.: rectissima [[ratio]], Quint. 2, 13, 3.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> Morally [[right]], [[correct]], [[lawful]], [[just]], [[virtuous]], [[noble]], [[good]] (opp. [[pravus]]); as subst.: rectum, i, n., [[that]] [[which]] is [[right]], [[good]], [[virtuous]]; [[uprightness]], [[rectitude]], [[virtue]] ([[very]] freq.): honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, [[quod]] cum virtute et [[officio]] [[fit]], Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, [[quod]] [[κατόρθωμα]] dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15: nec [[quicquam]] [[nisi]] honestum et rectum ab altero postulare, id. Lael. 22, 82; so [[with]] honestum, id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.: (opp. pravum) [[neque]] id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, [[quod]] petet, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.: [[recta]] consilia (opp. prava), Liv. 1, 27: in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus), Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31: [[curvo]] dignoscere rectum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44: [[mens]] sibi conscia recti, Verg. A. 1, 604: fidem rectumque colebat, Ov. M. 1, 90: [[recta]] ingenia (opp. perversa), Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.: in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non [[oportet]] discedere, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4: [[animus]] secundis Temporibus dubiisque [[rectus]], Hor. C. 4, 9, 36: [[natura]], id. S. 1, 6, 66: ex consularibus, [[unus]] L. [[Caesar]] [[firmus]] est et [[rectus]], Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2: judex, Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf. [[auditor]], Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6: vir [[rectus]] et [[sanctus]], id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1: [[beatus]] judicii [[rectus]], Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, [[with]] subjective-[[clause]]: rectum est gravitatem retinere, Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—<br /> <b>b</b> In gram.: [[rectus]] [[casus]], the nominative [[case]] ([[because]] not inflected; opp. obliqui [[casus]]), Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,<br /> <b>A</b> rectā,<br /> <b>B</b> rectō,<br /> <b>C</b> rectē.<br /> <b>A</b> rectā (sc. viā). [[straightway]], straightforwards, [[right]] on, [[directly]] (freq. and [[class]].): hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37: jam ad regem rectā me ducam, id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7: tu rus [[hinc]] [[ibis]]? ... rectā, id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19: [[Marius]] ab subselliis in [[rostra]] rectā, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus [[hinc]] rectā [[Beneventum]]. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —<br /> <b>B</b> rectō, straightforwards, [[directly]] (perh. [[only]] in the [[two]] foll. passages): appellationes, quae [[recto]] ad principem factae sunt, Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—<br /> <b>C</b> rectē.<br /> <b>1</b> Lit., in a [[straight]] [[line]] ([[horizontal]] or [[perpendicular]]), straightly, perpendicularly, [[uprightly]], ὀρθῶς ([[very]] [[rare]]): vitem [[bene]] enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet, [[Cato]], R. R. 33, 4: [[sive]] aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur ... quae (atomi) recte, quae [[oblique]] ferantur, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., [[rightly]], [[correctly]], [[properly]], [[duly]], [[suitably]], [[well]], [[advantageously]], [[accurately]] ([[very]] freq. in all periods and styles): [[recta]] et vera loquere, sed [[neque]] [[vere]] [[neque]] recte [[adhuc]] Fecisti [[umquam]], Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8: fecisti [[edepol]] et recte et [[bene]], Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte aut [[commode]], id. Cas. 2, 3, 42; so [[with]] [[commode]], Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100: recte et [[sapienter]] facit, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12: recte [[atque]] ordine [[factum]], Cic. Quint. 7, 28: recte [[atque]] ordine facere, id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.; v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac [[merito]] miseriā commoveri, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172: recte [[atque]] in [[loco]] constare, id. Mur. 12, 26: recte [[factum]], Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52: seu recte seu [[pervorse]] facta sunt, id. Trin. 1, 2, 146: seu recte seu [[perperam]] facere, Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. [[perperam]]) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17: recte [[dictum]] (opp. [[absurde]]), Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4: recte concludere (opp. [[vitiose]]), Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98: recte [[factum]] (opp. [[turpiter]]), Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.: recte rationem tenes, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47: [[hercle]] [[quin]] tu recte [[dicis]], id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1: non recte judicas de Catone, Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.: rectissime [[quidem]] judicas, id. Rep. 3, 32, 44: tum [[demum]] sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.: monere, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.: admonere recte, id. Men. 5, 9, 33: suis amicis recte res suas narrare, [[properly]], [[openly]], id. Poen. 5, 6, 2: hic ([[Epicurus]]) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere, [[consistently]], [[logically]], Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40: aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat, [[duly]], [[carefully]], Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11: alicui recte [[dare]] epistulam, [[correctly]], id. Ps. 4, 2, 33: cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem, [[safely]], Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so, sed habebat ducem Gabinium, [[quicum]] quidvis rectissime facere posset, id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.: alicui suam salutem recte committere, Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74: si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit, goes as he [[ought]], Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: [[tabernaculum]] recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed [[manner]] (opp. [[vitio]] captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.: ludi recte facti, id. 36, 2: ver [[sacrum]] non esse recte [[factum]], id. 34, 44: procedere recte, [[well]], [[rightly]], Enn. ap. [[Acron]]. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14: valere, id. Merc. 2, 3, 53: [[apud]] matrem recte est, i. e. she is [[quite]] [[well]], Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so, recte esse, id. ib. 14, 16, 4 ([[with]] [[belle]]); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: [[Tullia]] nostra recte valet ... Praeterea rectissime sunt [[apud]] te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1: recte [[sit]] oculis tuis, Gell. 13, 30, 11: [[olivetum]] recte putare, [[properly]], [[advantageously]], [[Cato]], R. R. 44: solet [[illa]] recte sub [[manus]] succedere, [[well]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2: recte cavere, to [[look]] [[out]] [[well]], [[take]] [[good]] [[care]], id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to [[look]] [[out]] [[well]] for one's [[self]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.: deos [[volo]] consilia vostra recte vortere, [[well]], [[happily]], Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so, vortere, id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, [[well]], i. e. [[dearly]], at a [[high]] [[price]] (opp. [[male]]), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. [[male]], injuriose, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.: nec recte loqui alicui, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83: nec recte dicere in aliquem, id. As. 1, 3, 3; and [[simply]] nec recte dicere, id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.: ad omnia [[alia]] aetate sapimus rectius, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46: hic [[tibi]] erit rectius, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31: rectius bella gerere, Liv. 3, 2 fin.: non possidentem [[multa]] vocaveris Recte [[beatum]], rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc., Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.—Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44;<br /> v. [[supra]]. —<br /> <b>b</b> With adjj., [[right]], [[well]], [[properly]], [[very]], [[much]], to [[strengthen]] the [[idea]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti [[pecus]] ovillum, [[quod]] recte sanum est, etc., an [[ancient]] [[formula]] in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6: [[locus]] recte [[ferax]], [[Cato]], R. R. 44: [[salvus]] [[sum]] recte, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34: morata recte, id. Aul. 2, 2, 62: [[oneratus]] recte, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115: non recte [[vinctus]] est, Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—<br /> <b>c</b> Ellipt., esp. in answers, in [[colloquial]] lang., [[well]], [[quite]] [[well]], [[right]], [[excellently]]: Thr. Primum [[aedis]] expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: [[quid]] vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), [[quite]] [[well]]? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' [[salve]]? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid [[fit]]? [[quid]] agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—<br /> <b>B</b> So, in [[colloquial]] lang., freq. [[like]] [[benigne]] and the Gr. [[καλῶς]],> or κάλλιστα ἔχει,> as a [[courteously]] [[evasive]] [[answer]], all's [[well]], it's all [[right]], [[there]]'s [[nothing]] the [[matter]]; or, in [[politely]] declining an [[offer]], [[nothing]] is [[wanting]], no I [[thank]] [[you]]: De. Unde incedis? [[quid]] festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte [[pater]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam [[tristis]]? Pa. Recte [[mater]], Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu [[istic]]? Syr. Recte [[equidem]], id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19: [[rogo]] [[numquid]] velit? Recte inquit, i. e. no, [[nothing]], id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so, in an [[exclamation]]: clamabit, [[pulchre]]! [[bene]]! recte! Hor. A. P. 4, 28. | ||
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|gf=<b>rĕgō</b>,⁸ rēxī, rēctum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> diriger, guider, mener : beluam Cic. Rep. 2, 67 ; equum Liv. 35, 11, 10, diriger une bête, un cheval ; rege [[tela]] [[per]] auras Virg. En. 9, 409, dirige mes traits à travers les airs || [en part.] fines regere, fixer, tracer des limites : Cic. Leg. 1, 55 ; Mur. 22 ; Top. 43<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> diriger, conduire, gouverner, régler : domum Cic. Rep. 1, 61, diriger une maison ; bella Cæs. G. 6, 17, 2, avoir la direction des guerres ; animi [[motus]] Cic. Part. 76, régler les mouvements de l’âme ; juvenem Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2, diriger un jeune homme ; rem publicam Cic. Rep. 1, 11, diriger les affaires publiques ; civitates Cic. Rep. 2, 15, gouverner les cités, cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 42 ; 1, 43 ; ut [[unius]] perpetua potestate regatur [[salus]] et æquabilitas et [[otium]] civium Cic. Rep. 2, 43, en sorte que le pouvoir perpétuel d’un seul (règle) assure la vie, l’égalité, le repos des citoyens ; <b> b)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] commander, exercer le pouvoir : [[Clemens]] ambitioso imperio regebat Tac. H. 2, 12, [[Clemens]] commandait de façon à capter la faveur ; Tiberio regente Tac. Ann. 4, 33, sous le gouvernement de Tibère, cf. Quint. 3, 8, 47 ; <b> c)</b> diriger dans la bonne voie, guider : Cic. Mur. 60 ; Cæs. C. 3, 57, 3 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 10, 19, 1. | |||
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rĕgo: xi, ctum, 3, v. a. Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. ὀρέγω reach after; cf. Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht,
I to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).
I Lit.: deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est, Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26: manus una (navem) regit, Lucr. 4, 903: onera navium velis, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: arte ratem, Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf. clavum, Verg. A. 10, 218: te ventorum regat pater, Hor. C. 1, 3, 3: vela, Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24: coërcet et regit beluam, Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67: equum, Liv. 35, 11: equos, Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf. quadrupedes, id. M. 2, 86: spumantia ora (equi), id. ib. 8, 34: frena, id. P. 4, 12, 24: equi impotentes regendi, Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28: currus, Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27: rege tela per auras, Verg. A. 9, 409: tela per viscera Caesaris, Luc. 7, 350; cf.: missum jaculum, Ov. M. 7, 684: sagittas nusquam, Luc. 7, 515: regens tenui vestigia filo, Cat. 64, 113; cf.: Daedalium iter lino duce, Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8: caeca filo vestigia, Verg. A. 6, 30: diverso flamina tractu, Ov. M. 1, 59: gressus, Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—
B In partic., jurid. t. t.: regere fines, to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—
II Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
A In gen.: Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit, Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13: domum, id. ib. 1, 39, 61: rem consilio, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13: belli fera munera Mavors regit, Lucr. 1, 33; cf. bella, Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47: omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2: alicujus animum atque ingenium, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.: animi motus (with moderari cupiditates), Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76: mores, Ov. M. 15, 834: animos dictis, Verg. A. 1, 153: animum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62: ut me ipse regam, id. ib. 1, 1, 27: consilia senatus, Quint. 12, 1, 26: valetudines principis, Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.: valetudinem arbitratu suo, Suet. Tib. 68 al.: neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus, Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.: jam regi leges, non regere, Liv. 10, 13: utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6: vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum, Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9: Silvanum specie obsequii regebat, Tac. H. 3, 50: nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi, Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—
B Transf.
1 To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing: quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant? Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so, rem publicam, id. ib. 1, 26, 41; 1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur, id. ib. 1, 34 fin.; 2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur, id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.: Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur, id. ib. 1, 27, 43: Frisios, Tac. A. 4, 72: populos imperio, Verg. A. 6, 851: imperiis Italiam, id. ib. 4, 230: legiones, Tac. A. 15, 7; cf. cohortes, id. H. 4, 12: exercitum, Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2: domum, Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4: diva, quae regis Antium, Hor. C. 1, 35, 1: Diana, quae silentium regis, id. Epod. 5, 51.—Transf., of abstract objects: animi partes consilio, Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60: ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium, id. ib. 2, 23, 43: rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines, id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.: Tiberio regente, Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3: stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse, Quint. 3, 8, 47: quo regente, Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23: Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat, i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—
2 To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere): errantem regere, Caes. B. C. 3, 57: rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc., Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,
I P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent: contemptus regentium, Tac. A. 12, 54: in obsequium regentis, id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3: vita regentis, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301: excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7: in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium), Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—
II rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, ὀρθός.
A Lit., of horizontal direction: pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta), Lucr. 4, 439: sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare, id. 2, 249 Munro: rectā regione iter instituere, Liv. 21, 31: India, rectā regione spatiosa, Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2: ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26: via, id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf. platea, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43: porta, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60: ostium, id. Mil. 2, 3, 58: ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum), Lucr. 4, 93: cursus hinc in Africam, Liv. 26, 43: saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.: recto flumine, Verg. A. 8, 57: recto ad Iberum itinere, Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9: ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis, Verg. A. 8, 209: recto grassetur limite miles, Ov. Tr. 2, 477: velut rectae acies concurrissent, in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so, acies, id. 35, 28: qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est, Quint. 8, 3, 9: hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48: adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet, Sen. Const. 5, 5: rectis oculis gladios micantes videre, id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24: oculi, Suet. Aug. 16; cf. acies, Ov. M. 2, 776: lumen, Luc. 9, 638: vultus, Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction: ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent, in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: saxa, perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.: rectae prope rupes, id. 38, 20: truncus, Ov. M. 7, 640: ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53: caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum, Quint. 11, 3, 69: homines, straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so, Quintia, id. 86, 1: puella, Hor. S. 1, 2, 123: senectus, Juv. 3, 26: iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem, does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715: vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes, Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.: crus Rectius, Hor. S. 1, 2, 82: rectior coma, smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24: longā trabe rectior exstet, Ov. M. 3, 78: crura, Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.: rectissima linea, Quint. 3, 6, 83: via, id. 12, 2, 27. —
B Trop.
1 In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.): ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you're on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33: rectā viā depelli, Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2; so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare, Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5: recta consilia dare, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.: quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur, id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3: sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus, id. 2, 5, 11; cf.: (oratio) recta an ordine permutato, id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27: per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis), id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64: recto ac justo proelio dimicare, Liv. 35, 4 fin.: rectarum cenarum consuetudo, a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so, cena, Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.: recta, Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10: domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici), Sen. Ep. 100, 6: nominibus rectis expendere nummos, i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3): absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum, suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.: rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere, Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve, id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere, Quint. 6, 3, 89: cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc., id. 8, 5, 6; so (opp. durum et incomptum), id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29: mutare aliquid a recto, id. 2, 13, 11: recta et vera loquere, i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7: qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit, Quint. 10, 5, 12: ea plerumque recta sunt, id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.—Comp.: rectior divisio, Quint. 7, 2, 39: si quid novisti rectius istis, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.—Sup.: rectissima ratio, Quint. 2, 13, 3.—
2 In partic.
a Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.): honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit, Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod κατόρθωμα dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15: nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare, id. Lael. 22, 82; so with honestum, id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.: (opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.: recta consilia (opp. prava), Liv. 1, 27: in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus), Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31: curvo dignoscere rectum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44: mens sibi conscia recti, Verg. A. 1, 604: fidem rectumque colebat, Ov. M. 1, 90: recta ingenia (opp. perversa), Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.: in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4: animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus, Hor. C. 4, 9, 36: natura, id. S. 1, 6, 66: ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus, Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2: judex, Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf. auditor, Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6: vir rectus et sanctus, id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1: beatus judicii rectus, Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause: rectum est gravitatem retinere, Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—
b In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected; opp. obliqui casus), Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,
A rectā,
B rectō,
C rectē.
A rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.): hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37: jam ad regem rectā me ducam, id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7: tu rus hinc ibis? ... rectā, id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19: Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —
B rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages): appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt, Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—
C rectē.
1 Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, ὀρθῶς (very rare): vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet, Cato, R. R. 33, 4: sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur ... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—
2 Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles): recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8: fecisti edepol et recte et bene, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42; so with commode, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100: recte et sapienter facit, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12: recte atque ordine factum, Cic. Quint. 7, 28: recte atque ordine facere, id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.; v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172: recte atque in loco constare, id. Mur. 12, 26: recte factum, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52: seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt, id. Trin. 1, 2, 146: seu recte seu perperam facere, Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17: recte dictum (opp. absurde), Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4: recte concludere (opp. vitiose), Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98: recte factum (opp. turpiter), Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.: recte rationem tenes, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47: hercle quin tu recte dicis, id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1: non recte judicas de Catone, Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.: rectissime quidem judicas, id. Rep. 3, 32, 44: tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.: monere, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.: admonere recte, id. Men. 5, 9, 33: suis amicis recte res suas narrare, properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2: hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere, consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40: aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat, duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11: alicui recte dare epistulam, correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33: cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem, safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so, sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset, id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.: alicui suam salutem recte committere, Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74: si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit, goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.: ludi recte facti, id. 36, 2: ver sacrum non esse recte factum, id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14: valere, id. Merc. 2, 3, 53: apud matrem recte est, i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so, recte esse, id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet ... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1: recte sit oculis tuis, Gell. 13, 30, 11: olivetum recte putare, properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44: solet illa recte sub manus succedere, well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2: recte cavere, to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one's self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.: deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere, well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so, vortere, id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.: nec recte loqui alicui, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83: nec recte dicere in aliquem, id. As. 1, 3, 3; and simply nec recte dicere, id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.: ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46: hic tibi erit rectius, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31: rectius bella gerere, Liv. 3, 2 fin.: non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc., Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.—Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44;
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b With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6: locus recte ferax, Cato, R. R. 44: salvus sum recte, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34: morata recte, id. Aul. 2, 2, 62: oneratus recte, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115: non recte vinctus est, Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—
c Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—
B So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. καλῶς,> or κάλλιστα ἔχει,> as a courteously evasive answer, all's well, it's all right, there's nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19: rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit, i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so, in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte! Hor. A. P. 4, 28.
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1 diriger, guider, mener : beluam Cic. Rep. 2, 67 ; equum Liv. 35, 11, 10, diriger une bête, un cheval ; rege tela per auras Virg. En. 9, 409, dirige mes traits à travers les airs
