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|lshtext=<b>dī-rĭgo</b>: or dērĭgo (the [[latter]] form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the [[two]] forms are [[different]] words, de-[[rigo]] [[meaning]]<br /><b>I</b> to [[give]] a [[particular]] [[direction]] to; di-[[rigo]], to [[arrange]] in [[distinct]] lines, [[set]] or [[move]] [[different]] ways; cf. [[describo]] and [[discribo]]. But the [[distinction]] is not observed in the MSS. and edd. [[generally]]), rexi, rectum, 3 (perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. dis-[[rego]], to [[lay]] [[straight]], [[set]] in a [[straight]] [[line]], to [[arrange]], [[draw]] up ([[class]].; cf.: [[guberno]], [[collineo]], [[teneo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: coronam si diviseris, [[arcus]] erit: si direxeris, [[virga]], Sen. Q. N. 1, 10: haec [[directa]] [[materia]] injecta consternebantur, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8: [[crates]], id. B. C. 3, 46, 5: naves [[ante]] portum, Liv. 37, 31; cf.: naves in pugnam, id. 22, 19: vicos, i. e. to [[build]] [[regularly]], id. 5, 55; cf. castella, Flor. 4, 12, 26: molem [[recta]] fronte, Curt. 4, 3 et saep.: regiones lituo, i. e. to [[lay]] [[out]], [[bound]], Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.: finem alicui veterem viam regiam, Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.: aciem, to [[draw]] up the [[troops]] in [[battle]] [[array]], Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf. frontem, Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11: [[membrana]] [[plumbo]] derecta, ruled [[with]] a [[lead]]-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Perh. i. q., to [[split]], [[cleave]] in [[twain]]: elephantum machaeră dirigit, Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere [[apud]] Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[with]] [[respect]] to the [[terminus]], to [[send]] in a [[straight]] [[line]], to [[direct]] to a [[place]] (so [[most]] freq.): ex vestigio [[vela]] ad [[castra]] Corneliana, Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6: aciem ad te, Cat. 63, 56: cursum ad litora, Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: [[iter]] ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards [[more]] freq. [[with]] in: equum in consulem, Liv. 2, 6: currum in hostem, Ov. M. 12, 78: [[tela]] manusque in [[corpus]] Aeacidae, Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4: hastam in te, Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.: dentes in [[inguina]], id. ib. 8, 400: cursum in Africam, Vell. 2, 19 fin.: cursum per auras in lucos, Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.: navem eo, Nep. Chabr. 4, 2: gressum huc, Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and [[poet]]. [[with]] the dat.: Ilo hastam, Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the [[limit]]: ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi [[cursus]] (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur, to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53: [[iter]] [[navis]], Ov. F. 1, 4: cursum, Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to [[aim]], [[direct]]: [[spicula]], Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606: [[hastile]], Verg. A. 12, 490: [[tela]], Hor. C. 4, 9, 18: sagittas, Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.—Poet.: vulnera, Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.: vulnera alicui, Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[set]] in [[order]], [[arrange]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): materias divisione dirigere, Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far [[more]] freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: [[aliqua]] re, to [[direct]], [[guide]], [[arrange]] a [[thing]] [[either]] to [[something]] (as its [[aim]], [[scope]]) or according to [[something]] (as its [[rule]] or [[pattern]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad: meas cogitationes sic [[dirigo]], non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.: orationem ad exempla, id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1: judicium ad ea, id. 6, 5, 2: se ad id [[quod]], etc., id. 12, 3, 8; cf.: se ad ea effingenda, id. 10, 1, 127: praecipua rerum ad famam, Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a [[different]] [[sense]] (viz., [[with]] ad equiv. to [[secundum]], v. ad): in verbis et eligendis et collocandis [[nihil]] non ad rationem, Cic. Brut. 37, 140: vitam ad certam rationis normam, to [[conform]], id. Mur. 2: leges hominum ad naturam, id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in (not so in Cic.): tota mente (intentionem) in [[opus]] ipsum, Quint. 10, 3, 28: communes locos in vitia, id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl. ([[only]] in Cic.): quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.: omnia voluptate, id. ib. 2, 22, 71: utilitatem honestate, id. Off. 3, 21, 83: haec normā, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without an [[object]]: ([[divinatio]]) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit, Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —（ε) With acc. [[only]]: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to [[write]], Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—（ζ) With [[adversus]], Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus (dērectus), a, um, P. a., made [[straight]], [[straight]], [[direct]], [[whether]] horizontally or perpendicularly; [[straight]], [[level]]; [[upright]], [[steep]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[auditus]] flexuosum [[iter]] habet, ne [[quid]] intrare possit, si [[simplex]] et directum pateret, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf. aes (tubae), opp. flexum, Ov. M. 1, 98: [[iter]], Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf. [[trabes]], id. ib. 7, 23, 1: [[ordo]] (olearum), Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: [[arcus]] (opp. [[obliquus]]), Ov. M. 2, 129: [[paries]], i. e. [[that]] cuts [[another]] at [[right]] angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores [[ictus]] flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2: praeruptus [[locus]] utraque ex parte [[directus]], Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3: ([[Henna]]) ab omni aditu circumcisa [[atque]] [[directa]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.: [[cornu]], Caes. B. G. 6, 26.—Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a [[straight]] [[line]]: in [[directo]] [[pedum]] VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI., in a [[straight]] [[line]], Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so, [[altitudo]] (montis) per directum IV. M. [[pass]]., Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.: cadere in directum [[moderate]] ([[with]] exire per devexum), Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., [[straightforward]], unceremonious, [[open]], [[simple]], [[direct]]: o praeclaram [[beate]] vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam, Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.: [[iter]] ad laudem, id. Cael. 17, 41: vera [[illa]] et [[directa]] [[ratio]], id. ib. 18: [[tristis]] ac [[directus]] [[senex]], id. ib. 16, 38; cf.: [[quid]] est in judicio? Directum, asperum, [[simplex]], SI PARET HS ICCC DARI, id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11: [[percunctatio]] et [[denuntiatio]] belli, Liv. 21, 19; cf. contiones, Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. [[obliquus]]): verba, Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15: [[actio]], Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf. [[institutio]] (opp. precaria), id. 29, 1, 19: libertates (opp. fideicommissariae), id. 29, 4, 12.—Adv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> dīrectē, [[directly]], [[straight]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): dicere, Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24: [[ire]], Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> dīrectō, [[directly]], [[straight]]: [[deorsum]] ferri, Cic. N. D. 1, 25: transversas [[trabes]], Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2: ad fidem spectare, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. [[anfractus]] and [[circuitio]]); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> dīrectā: quo [[magis]] ursimus [[alte]] directā, [[press]] [[deep]] [[down]] perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> dīrectim, [[straightway]], [[directly]] ([[post]]-[[class]].), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.: directius gubernare, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.—Sup. seems not to [[occur]] [[either]] in the adj. or in the adv.