guberno

gŭberno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., = kubernô, to steer or pilot a ship (class.).

I.

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. —

II.

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.