regent
regent
subs.
Governor: P. and V. ἄρχων, ὁ.
Guardian: Ar. and P. ἐπίτροπος, ὁ.
He acted as regent for Pleistarchus, who though king was still a minor, being his cousin: P. Πλείσταρχον . . . ὄντα βασιλέα καὶ νέον ἔτι ἀνεψιὸς ὢν ἐπετρόπευε (Thuc. 1.132).
subs.
Governor: P. and V. ἄρχων, ὁ.
Guardian: Ar. and P. ἐπίτροπος, ὁ.
He acted as regent for Pleistarchus, who though king was still a minor, being his cousin: P. Πλείσταρχον . . . ὄντα βασιλέα καὶ νέον ἔτι ἀνεψιὸς ὢν ἐπετρόπευε (Thuc. 1.132).
REGENT
rerum publicarum rector or moderator (general term): princeps (a prince; in the Silver Age): procurator regni (one who administers public affairs during a minority or the like). To be regent (in the latter sense) in regni procuratione esse (Caes. B.C. 3 104).
rerum publicarum rector or moderator (general term): princeps (a prince; in the Silver Age): procurator regni (one who administers public affairs during a minority or the like). To be regent (in the latter sense) in regni procuratione esse (Caes. B.C. 3 104).
regent: procurator regni, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, ad fin.: f. -trix. Cic.: as it were r. of the commonwealth, quasi tutor ac procurator reipublicae, Cic. Rep. 2, 29: the king had left the Roman people r. for his son, rex tutorem (guardian) populum Romanum filio reliquisset, Val. Max. 6, 6, 1: to govern the kingdom of a minor under the title of r., tutorio nomine regnum pupilli administrare, Just. 30, 3.