Lewis Short
gŭbernātĭo (noun F) : guberno
* A steering, piloting of a ship (Ciceron.).
* Lit.: si in ipsa gubernatione negligentia est navis eversa,Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 76; cf. id. ib. 3, 7, 24.
* Transf., in gen., direction, management, government: summi imperii gubernatione districtus,Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 131: civitatis,id. Rep. 1, 2: tantarum rerum,id. Cat. 3, 8, 18: consilii,id. Inv. 2, 54, 164: summi consilii,id. Vat. 15, 36.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary