Except, from the foregoing rule, rego, to rule, guberno, to govern, which have an accusative case; tempero and moderor, to rule, which have sometimes a dative, sometimes an accusative case; as
Luna regit ministros:
The moon rules the ministers.
That is to say, when it is at the full, and resembles a great O.
Præco pauperes gubernat:
The beadle governs the paupers.
Non semper temperat ipse sibi:
He does not always govern himself.
Non animos mollit proprios, nec temperat iras:
He neither softens his own mind, nor tempers his anger.