aurigo
From LSJ
Υἱῷ μέγιστον ἀγαθόν ἐστ' ἔμφρων πατήρ → Prudente patre bonum non maius filio → Dem Sohn ist ein verständiger Vater größtes Gut
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aurīgo: āvi, ātum, 1 (aurīgor, āri, v. dep., Varr. ap. Non. p. 70, 17), v. n. auriga,
I to be a charioteer or a contender in the chariot-race, to drive a chariot, to contend in the chariot-race.
I Lit. (post-Aug.; most freq. in Suet.), Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Ner. 24; 4; 22; 53; id. Calig. 18; id. Vit. 4; 17.—
II Trop., to rule, direct: quo natura aurigatur non necessitudo, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.: si (homines) nihil suā sponte faciunt, sed ducentibus stellis et aurigantibus, Gell. 14, 1, 23.
