rectĭo, ōnis, f. [rego],
a leading , guiding , government , direction (Ciceronian): rerum publicarum, Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11.— Plur. : rerum publicarum, Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 61 (Madv. conj. rerum publicarum rectionis genera).
rēctiō ōnis, f REG-, a guiding, government, direction : rerum p. ...
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