regere

That word comes from a combination of dis- ("apart") and regere ("to guide").

Archive 2009-04-01 Kylopod 2009

That word comes from a combination of dis- ("apart") and regere ("to guide").

The line between cranks and scholars Kylopod 2009

Etymology: earlier, to ride (at anchor) probably in part from Middle French sourgir to cast anchor, land, from Catalan surgir to heave, cast anchor, from Latin surgere to rise, spring up; from sub - up + regere to lead straight; in part from Latin surgere intransitive verb

The SURGE, Admit the surge, Respect the surge, finally... 2008

Novi meis diebus, plerosque studiis literarum deditos, qui disciplinis admodum abundabant, sed si nihil civilitatis habent, nec rem publ. nec domesticam regere norant.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Note 143: Canon, 1.3.3: "Intentio praemissa de medicandis infantibus est nutricem regere."

A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

This quote begs the question of audience — who should be guiding (regere [cf regimen] can also mean more emphatically "to rule" or "to control") the nurse?

A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

The words of the comic poet of ancient times remain good: Quae res in se neque consilium, neque modum habet ullum, eam consilio regere non potes.

Essays of Schopenhauer 2004

Out of the same conceit or humour did Virgil, turning his pen to the advantage of his country and the disadvantage of his own profession, make a kind of separation between policy and government, and between arts and sciences, in the verses so much renowned, attributing and challenging the one to the Romans, and leaving and yielding the other to the Grecians: Tu regere imperio popules, Romane, memento,

The Advancement of Learning 2003

_Pres. _ regere, _be thou ruled_; regiminī, _be ye ruled_.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

'Rex, roi, regere, regar, conduire' -- to rule, to conduct -- these words sufficiently denote their duties.

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