(verb) = κυβερνῶ: gŭberno, āvi, ātum, 1
* To steer or pilot a ship (class.).
* Lit.: dum clavum rectum teneant navemque gubernent, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 2 (Ann. v. 472 Vahl.): ut si nautae certarent, quis eorum potissimum gubernaret,Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87: tranquillo mari gubernare,id. Rep. 1, 6.—Prov.: gubernare e terra,i. e. to guide those who are in peril while keeping in safety one's self,Liv. 44, 22, 14: quilibet nautarum tranquillo mari gubernare potest,id. 24, 8, 12; cf. gubernator, I. fin.
* Transf., in gen., to direct, manage, conduct, govern, guide (a favorite word with Cic.; cf.: moderor, rego): qui eos gubernat animus infirmum gerunt,Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 31: quid miramur L. Sullam, cum solus rem publicam regeret orbemque terrarum gubernaret? etc.,Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; cf.: melius gubernari et regi civitates,id. Rep. 2, 9: rem publicam,id. ib. 1, 34; 3, 35; cf. also: in gubernanda re publica,id. ib. 1, 29: teque hortor, ut omnia gubernes ac moderere prudentia tua,id. Fam. 2, 7, 1; cf.: illa tormenta gubernat dolor,id. Sull. 28, 78: totam petitionem,id. Mil. 9, 25: velim ergo totum hoc ita gubernes, ut, etc.,id. Att. 13, 25, 2: sed haec fortuna viderit, quoniam ratio non gubernat,id. ib. 14, 11, 1; cf.: sed haec deus aliquis gubernabit,id. ib. 6, 3, 3: fortunae motum,id. ib. 8, 4, 1: iter meum rei publicae et rerum urbanarum ratio gubernabit,id. Fam. 2, 17, 1: vitam,id. Fin. 2, 13, 43: fortunam suam,Vell. 2, 127, 1: Massyleum virga gubernet equum,Mart. 9, 23, 14.— Absol.: jam ex sermone hoc gubernabunt doctius porro, will steer, i. e. behave, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99; cf. gubernator, II.

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