regno — Lewis & Short
regno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I a. [regnum].
I Neutr., to have royal power, to be king, to rule, reign:
ubi Pterela rex regnavit,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 257:
Romulus cum septem et triginta regnavisset annos,Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 14, 27; 2, 18, 33;
2, 20, 36: Servius injussu populi regnavisse traditur,id. ib. 2, 21, 37:
(Mithridates) annum jam tertium et vicesimum regnat, et ita regnat, ut, etc.,id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:
tertium jam nunc annum regnans,Caes. B. G. 5, 25:
regnante Romulo,Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
(Camers) tacitis regnavit Amyclis,Verg. A. 10, 564:
quālibet exules In parte regnanto beati,Hor. C. 3, 3, 39:
Latio regnans,Verg. A. 1, 265:
regnandi dira cupido,id. G. 1, 37:
Albae regnare,Liv. 1, 3:
Romae,id. 1, 17 fin.; 1, 40:
Tusco profundo,Ov. M. 14, 223:
Graias per urbes,Verg. A. 3, 295:
in Colchis,Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52:
advenae in nos regnaverunt,Tac. A. 11, 24.—Once poet., like basileu/w, with gen.:
quā Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum,Hor. C. 3, 30, 12.—Impers. pass.:
hic jam ter centum totos regnabitur annos Gente sub Hectoreā,Verg. A. 1, 272:
quia post Tatii mortem ab suā parte non erat regnandum ... in variis voluntatibus regnari tamen omnes volebant,Liv. 1, 17 Drak. N. cr.:
regnatum Romae ab conditā urbe ad liberatam annos ducentos quadraginta quattuor,id. 1, 60 fin.:
hinc Cytherea tuis longo regnabitur aevo,Sil. 3, 592.—
B In gen., to be lord, to rule, reign, govern, be supreme (syn. dominor);
in a good sense: quoniam equitum centurias tenes, in quibus regnas,Cic. Fam. 11, 16 fin.; cf.:
regnare in judiciis,Quint. 10, 1, 112:
vivo et regno,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 8. —
Esp., of the gods: caelo tonantem credimus Jovem Regnare,Hor. C. 3, 5, 2:
Saturno regnante,Ov. F. 1, 193:
secundo Caesare regnes,Hor. C. 1, 12, 52.—
In a bad sense (very freq.),to lord it, tyrannize, domineer, Cic. Sull. 7, 21:
regnavit is paucos menses,id. Lael. 12, 41:
quin se ille interfecto Milone regnaturum putaret,id. Mil. 16, 43:
Timarchidem fugitivum omnibus oppidis per triennium scitote regnasse,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 136:
nec jam libertate contentos esse, nisi etiam regnent ac dominentur,Liv. 24, 29, 7 Drak.; cf.
so with dominari,Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21; Flor. 3, 12, 9.—
b Of things, to reign, rule, hold sway (mostly poet.):
umor regnavit in arvis,Lucr. 5, 395:
(ignis) per ramos victor regnat,Verg. G. 2, 307:
in totum regnaret Sirius annum,Stat. Th. 1, 635:
cum regnat rosa (i. e. at a banquet, where the guests were crowned with roses),Mart. 10, 19, 20: quid faciant leges, ubi sola pecunia regnat? Petr. poët. 14; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 74.—
2 Trop., to rule, have the mastery, prevail, predominate: *paqhtiko/n, in quo uno regnat oratio, Cic. Or. 37, 128; cf.:
(eloquentia) hic regnat, hic imperat, hic sola vincit,Quint. 7, 4, 24; 11, 3, 181:
ardor edendi per avidas fauces regnat,Ov. M. 8, 829; cf.:
ebrietas geminata libidine regnat,id. ib. 12, 221:
regnat nequitiā,Sen. Ben. 1, 10:
morbus regnans,Grat. Cyn. 462. —
II Act., to rule, sway, govern (only in pass., and poet. and in postAug. prose); part. perf. with dat. of agent:
terra acri quondam regnata Lycurgo,Verg. A. 3, 14:
Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam,id. ib. 6, 794; Ov. M. 8, 623; 13, 720; id. H. 10, 69; Hor. C. 2, 6, 11; 3, 29, 27; Sil. 14, 7:
si unquam regnandam acceperit Albam,Verg. A. 6, 770:
trans Lugios Gotones regnantur, paulo jam adductius quam ceterae Germanorum gentes,Tac. G. 44: exceptis iis gentibus quae regnantur, id. ib 25; cf. id. A. 13, 54:
quae (gentes) regnan tur,id. H. 1, 16 fin.; Mel. 2, 2, 24:
gens reg. nata feminis,Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 76.