rego

regō rēxī, rēctus, ere

REG-, to keep straight, lead aright, guide, conduct, direct, control : mundum: onera navium velis, Cs.: arte ratem, O.: clavum, V.: te Ventorum regat pater, H.: quadrupedes, O.: frena, O.: impotentes regendi (equos), L.: currūs, O.: tela per auras, V.: exercitatus finibus in regendis, i. e. in determining boundarylines (of estates).—Fig., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct, govern, control : domum: rem consilio, T.: bella, Cs.: animi motūs: mores, O.: dictis animos, V.: ut me ipse regam, H.: neque regerentur magis quam regerent casūs, S.: iam regi leges, non regere, L.— To sway, control, rule, govern, be master of : rem p.: civitates quae ab optimis reguntur: imperio populos, V.: Diana, quae silentium regis, H.: ut unius potestate regatur salus civium: neque suos mores neque suorum libidines: ambitioso imperio regebat, used his authority to court popular favor , Ta.— To restore, set right, correct : peccas, ‘te regere possum’: errantem, Cs.