regnare

regnare [CL] 1 (intr.) to hold the office or exercise the powers of a king (or sim. ruler), to rule, reign; b (impers. pass.); c (w. abstr. subj. or fig.). d (w. ref. to coming or succeeding to the throne). e (of regent exercising power for or in place of king). f (pr. ppl. as sb.) ruler, king; g (w. ref. to regent exercising power for or in place of king). h (of God, Christ, or divine agency); i (of saint in heaven); j (of mythical king or pagan god). k (trans.) to rule or reign over (in quot. fig.). Joram ‥ qui ‥ fratres suos, ut pro ipsis ~aret ‥, trucidavit Gildas EB 41; ut per divinationem addisceret quis ~aturus fuisset post ipsum [sc. Augustum Caesarem] Theod. Laterc. 8; atavorum regum gemma et ~aturorum nepotum emicat stella Gosc. Edith 41; omnes reges Jude ‥ in insipientia et injusticia ~averunt Gros. Cess. Leg. II 3. 12 p. 88; Hengist non fuit rex neque regulus immo dux, licet ita scriptum sit quod tanto tempore ~avit W. Worc. Itin. 326.  b c1225 semper bene valeat magnanimitas vestra et utinam diu et feliciter ~etur RL I 275; ~avit ‥ xxij annis M. Par. Maj. I 28 (= Flor. Hist. I 33); in eodem Sedechia terminatum est regnum Judeorum, in quo ‥ ~atum est annis quingentis et quatuordecim Ib. I 41 (= Flor. Hist. I 55).  c [virginitas] inter ceteras virtutum infulas summi principatus sceptra et ~andi monarchiam gubernare dinoscitur Aldh. VirgP 7; sedem Augustorum, qua nunc monarchia mundi / post Romae imperium sub caeli culmine regnat Aldh. VirgV 523.  d s1422 hoc anno ~avit rex Henricus sextus Herrison Abbr. Chr. 5 (cf. ib.: s1429 coronacio regis Henrici Sexti).  e s1327 ~avit Rogerus de Mortuo Mari et regina imperavit circiter iv annis (Hist. Roff.) Anglia Sacra I 368.  f s1141 ne regnum vacillet, si ~ante careat W. Malm. HN 493 p. 54; c1268 quis jussit? ~ans MunAcOx 37; sed angustiaris / quando contemplaris / cruce saucium / principem regnancium J. Howd. Sal. 20. 7.  g s1330 barones regni Anglie in punctu magne dissensionis fuerunt, sed major pars ipsorum dictis ~antibus assistebat Avesb. f. 78b..  h Johannes [Baptista] ‥ prima rudi dumtaxat ~ante [gl.: i. moderante, perseverante, persecutante] gratia asperrimae poenitudinis lima Aldh. VirgP 23; Deus ‥ / regnator mundi regnans in sedibus altis Id. VirgV pref. 4; natura Dei ‥ / omnia regnando dispensat saecula Ib. 44; ut ‥ vellent ‥ / ‥ Creatorem regnantem credere Christum Ib. 689; 844 (13c) ~ante in perpetuum domino nostro Jhesu Christo CS 443 (= CS 601, Chr. Abingd. I 31, 56).  i [Hieronymus] voti compos saltu regnabit in alto Aldh. VirgV 1652; qui evectus florentibus / paradisi cespitibus / sociatus sublimibus / angelorum cum milibus / regnat, istic per saecula / carpens aeterna gaudia (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 2. 93; 1549 contra negantes aliquas animas sanctorum cum Christo jam ~are usque ad diem judicii Conc. Scot. II 120.  j Pluton ‥ qui ‥ / ‥ inferni furva regnavit in aula Aldh. VirgV 1379; ut Jovem pro flammea ~andi cupidine summo detruderent Olympo Lib. Monstr. I 55.  k o inclite juvenis ‥ secreta Deo regnaris ditissima campis beata nimis Burginda 10. 2 to hold or exercise political dominion. b (w. dat.) to exercise political dominion over, to rule over. fracta est ‥ Roma a Gothis ‥, ex quo tempore Romani in Brittania ~are cesserunt Bede HE I 11.  b illis Anglorum provinciis, quibus ~avit Osuald Bede HE III 3. 3 (transf., of person) to be dominant, to be in charge, be in control. b (of condition or influence) to be dominant or supreme, to exercise a dominant influence, hold sway. nec ‥ / ‥ umquam regnet contemptu serva superba Aldh. VirgV 137; femina ‥ / regnat regnatrix hominum D. Bec. 1961 (v. regnatrix).  b spiritus in toto sed regnant corpore flabra Aldh. Aen. 68 (Salpix) 5; virginitas ‥ / ‥ / in qua non regnat fallax petulantia saecli Id. VirgV 102; ~ans in rege diligentia boni Ord. Vit. IV 7 p. 215; propter ebullitionem humorum decurrentium ad locum predictum vel ascendentium ad caput, calore interius ~ante Quaest. Salern. Ba 80; c1211 quomodo ibi sanctitas ubi sola cupiditas ~at et nulla caritas? Gir. Ep. 6 p. 232; ventre renitente regnabunt gaudia mente Neckam Poems 453; presumpserunt ‥ investigare philosophiam per se sine doctore, ita quod facti sunt magistri ‥ antequam fuerunt discipuli; et ideo ~at apud eos error infinitus Bacon CSPhil. 426; pestilencia communis ~at Oxonie impetuosa Dictamen 374; c1500 dum superstes estis, et vita ~at in vobis Let. Ch. Ch. 87.