gubernator
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
gŭbernātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a steersman, pilot (cf.: magister, navarchus, nauclerus, navicularius).
I Lit.: si tu proreta isti navi's, ego gubernator ero, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 75; id. Am. 3, 2, 69: gubernator clavum tenens sedet in puppi quietus, Cic. de Sen. 6, 17; id. Phil. 7, 9, 27; id. Ac. 2, 31, 100; id. de Inv. 1, 34, 58; id. Rep. 1, 40; 5, 3; Quint. 2, 17, 24; 34; 4, 1, 61; Verg. A. 3, 269; 5, 12; 6, 337 et saep.—Prov.: tranquillo quilibet gubernator est, Sen. Ep. 85 med.—
II Transf., a director, ruler, governor: cum in rebus animalibus aliud pro alio ponitur; ut de agitatore (Ennius): Gubernator magna contorsit equum vi, Quint. 8, 6, 9; the same, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 244 P. and ap. Diom. p. 451 ib. (Ann. v. 160 Vahl.): poli, i. e. God, Sen. Hippol. 903: custodes gubernatoresque rei publicae, Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26; cf.: quasi tutor et procurator rei publicae: sic enim appelletur, quicumque erit rector et gubernator civitatis, id. Rep. 2, 29.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
gŭbernātŏr,¹⁰ ōris, m. (guberno), celui qui tient le gouvernail, timonier : Cic. CM 17 ; etc. || gubernator civitatis Cic. Rep. 2, 51, le pilote de l’État.
Latin > German (Georges)
gubernātor, ōris, m. (guberno), I) der Steuermann, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: gubernatoris ars, Cic.: scientia gubernatorum, Caes.: gub. bonus, pessimus, Quint. – II) übtr. = der Lenker, Leiter, ventorum quasi gub., s. 1. ventus: gubernator contorsit equos, Enn. ann. 486: tracto pede quasi gubernator regeret iter, Sall. fr.
