rector
οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → for health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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.
