wield
wield
v. trans.
P. and V. νέμειν (rare P.), V. νωμᾶν, ἀμφέπειν, πορσύ̄νειν.
Manage: P. and V. οἰκεῖν, Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζεσθαι, διοικεῖν, P. διαχειρίζειν ; see manage.
Wield the sceptre: V. σκῆπτρον φορεῖν.
v. trans.
P. and V. νέμειν (rare P.), V. νωμᾶν, ἀμφέπειν, πορσύ̄νειν.
Manage: P. and V. οἰκεῖν, Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζεσθαι, διοικεῖν, P. διαχειρίζειν ; see manage.
Wield the sceptre: V. σκῆπτρον φορεῖν.
WIELD
PROP. tractare adhibere aliquid: uti aliqua re.
Figuratively curare administrare gerere exercere aliquid.
To wield the sceptre; Vid. SCEPTRE REIGN.
PROP. tractare adhibere aliquid: uti aliqua re.
Figuratively curare administrare gerere exercere aliquid.
To wield the sceptre; Vid. SCEPTRE REIGN.
wield:
I. Lit.:
1. tracto, 1: to w. weapons, tela tractare, Liv. 7, 32: there is no one who w.s manly arms with more grace, virilia speciosius arma non est qui tractet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53.
2. ūtor, sus, 3, dep.: that he might w. arms well, bene ut armis uteretur, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28.
II. Fig.:
1. gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: that they might w. their power, ut potestatem gererent, Cic. Verr. 2, 55, 138.
2. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2: Aeolus sits w.ing his sceptre, sedet Aeolus sceptra tenens, Virg. Aen. 1, 57: v.TO USE , TO EMPLOY .
I. Lit.:
1. tracto, 1: to w. weapons, tela tractare, Liv. 7, 32: there is no one who w.s manly arms with more grace, virilia speciosius arma non est qui tractet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53.
2. ūtor, sus, 3, dep.: that he might w. arms well, bene ut armis uteretur, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28.
II. Fig.:
1. gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: that they might w. their power, ut potestatem gererent, Cic. Verr. 2, 55, 138.
2. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2: Aeolus sits w.ing his sceptre, sedet Aeolus sceptra tenens, Virg. Aen. 1, 57: v.
gesto
to bear, carry, have, wear, wield
contorqueo
to turn, twist, twirl, swing, whirl, brandish, wield, hurl
intento
to aim, direct, wield in hostility, stretch threateningly
to set in motion, wield
to bear, carry, have, wear, wield
contorqueo
to turn, twist, twirl, swing, whirl, brandish, wield, hurl
intento
to aim, direct, wield in hostility, stretch threateningly
appearing fewer than 50 times
commoliorto set in motion, wield