rector
Latin > English
rector rectoris N M :: guide, director, helmsman; horseman; driver; leader, ruler, governor
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rector: ōris, m. rego,
I a guider, leader, director, ruler, master (cf.: moderator, gubernator).
I 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.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rēctŏr,⁹ ōris, m. (rego), celui qui régit, qui gouverne, guide, chef, maître : Cic. Nat. 2, 90 ; Rep. 2, 52 ; de Or. 1, 211 ; navium rectores Cic. Div. 1, 24, pilotes ; rector elephanti Liv. 27, 49, 1, cornac ; divum Virg. En. 8, 572, le souverain des dieux ; pelagi Ov. M. 1, 331, le maître de la mer, Neptune || gouverneur, précepteur, tuteur : Suet. Aug. 48 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 3, 4 || gouverneur d’une province : Tac. Ann. 2, 4, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
rēctor, ōris, m. (rego), der Lenker, Leiter, Führer, Regierer, I) eig.: navis, Steuermann Cic.: navigii, Sen.: elephanti, Kornak, Liv.: equi, Reiter, Tac.: u. so equi sine rectore exterriti, Sall. fr. – II) bildl.: r. et gubernator civitatis, Cic.: r. rei publicae, v. Diktator, Liv. – v. Gottheiten, Beherrscher, Olympi od. superûm od. deûm, v. Jupiter, Ov.: maris, v. Neptun, Ov.: rector universi deus, Sen.: praeses mundi et rector universi (v. Gott), Lact. – ebenso v. Königen, Thebarum, Hor.: Dolopum, Ov. – v. Verwalter einer Provinz, Statthalter, provinciae, Suet. u. Lact.: Syriae, Tac. – v. Befehlshabern, Heerführern, peditum equitumque rectores, Tac.: castris (= castrorum), Lucan.: proeliorum periti rectores, schlachtenkundige Feldherrn, Amm. – v. Jugendführer, Pädagogen, Erzieher, Lenker, Leiter, Mentor, Suet. u.a.: custos rectorque, Plin. ep. – v. lebl. Subjj., animus ille rector dominusque nostri, Sen.: rector nostri animus, Apul.: iudicis vultus saepe ipse rector est dicentis, Quint.
