regō, regere, rēxī, rēctum

Definitions for regere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to rule, guide, direct
English derivatives:
regent regime regiment regular regulate correct direction rectitude

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To fix the line of, direct (boundaries). (b) To maintain (things) in line, keep straight.
2
To direct, guide (a person, his steps, etc.). (b) (transf.) to direct, guide (a person, his attitudes, etc.).
3
(of a rider or driver) To direct the course of, guide (an animal, vehicle, etc.). (b) (pass., of a creature) to direct its course.
4
To guide the course of, manage (a ship); to steer (a course). (b) (of stars; also, of a lighthouse).
5
To direct the course of (a weapon, missile). (b) to point, direct (a sword, etc.).

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Sentences with regere

Latin to English

Tū regere imperiō populōs, Rōmāne, mementō (hae tibi erunt artēs), pācīque impōnere mōrem, parcere subiectīs et dēbellāre superbōs. (Vergil, Aeneid VI,851-853)Compare You must remember, Roman, to rule the nations with your power (this will be your special skill), and to impose the habit of peace, to spare the conquered and to make war on the proud.

Facilius est excludere perniciosa quam regere et non admittere quam admissa moderari.Compare It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admited.

L. Sulla solus res publica rego, orbisque terra guberno.Compare Lucius Sulla by himself ruled the republic, and governed the whole world.

Conjugation table for regere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
regō regis regit regimus regitis regunt	regēbam regēbās regēbat regēbāmus regēbātis regēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
rēxī rēxistī rēxit rēximus rēxistis rēxērunt / rēxēre	rēxeram rēxerās rēxerat rēxerāmus rēxerātis rēxerant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
regam regēs reget regēmus regētis regent	rēxerō rēxeris rēxerit rēxerimus rēxeritis rēxerint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
regam regās regat regāmus regātis regant	regerem regerēs regeret regerēmus regerētis regerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
rēxerim rēxeris rēxerit rēxerimus rēxeritis rēxerint	rēxissem rēxissēs rēxisset rēxissēmus rēxissētis rēxissent
Infinitive present regere Infinitive perfect rēxisse Infinitive future rēctūrum esse	Imperative present rege regite Imperative future regitō regitō regitōte reguntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
regor regeris regitur regimur regiminī reguntur	regēbar regēbāris / regēbāre regēbātur regēbāmur regēbāminī regēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
rēctus sum rēctus es rēctus est rēctī sumus rēctī estis rēctī sunt	rēctus eram rēctus erās rēctus erat rēctī erāmus rēctī erātis rēctī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
regar regēris / regēre regētur regēmur regēminī regentur	rēctus erō rēctus eris rēctus erit rēctī erimus rēctī eritis rēctī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
regar regāris / regāre regātur regāmur regāminī regantur	regerer regerēris / regerēre regerētur regerēmur regerēminī regerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
rēctus sim rēctus sīs rēctus sit rēctī sīmus rēctī sītis rēctī sint	rēctus essem rēctus essēs rēctus esset rēctī essēmus rēctī essētis rēctī essent
Infinitive present regī Infinitive perfect rēctum esse Infinitive future rēctum īrī	Imperative present regere regiminī Imperative future regitor regitor - reguntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	regēns	regentēs
Gen.	regentis	regentium
Dat.	regentī	regentibus
Acc.	regentem	regentēs
Abl.	regente	regentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	rēctūrus	rēctūrī
Gen.	rēctūrī	rēctūrōrum
Dat.	rēctūrō	rēctūrīs
Acc.	rēctūrum	rēctūrōs
Abl.	rēctūrō	rēctūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	rēctus	rēctī
Gen.	rēctī	rēctōrum
Dat.	rēctō	rēctīs
Acc.	rēctum	rēctōs
Abl.	rēctō	rēctīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	regendus	regendī
Gen.	regendī	regendōrum
Dat.	regendō	regendīs
Acc.	regendum	regendōs
Abl.	regendō	regendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	regere	rēctum
Gen.	regendī	rēctū
Dat.	regendō
Acc.	regendum
Abl.	regendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 107.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1601.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "regō, regere, rēxī, rēctum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 26, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/rego-regere-rexi-rectum.