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“controller” in Latin
moderorto set a measure or bounds to; moderate, mitigate, allay, qualify.; to restrain; to manage, arrange, regulate, rule, guigubernātorHelmsman or pilot of a boat.; Leader or governor.rēctorguide, leader; driver (of a horse, an elephant, a wagon, etc.); director, ruler, master, governorrepressorrestrainer, represser; limitercustōsa guard, protector, watchman; a guardian, tutor; a jailercūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside ovetribūtusforming tribes; formed by tribesEutropiusFlavius Eutropius (Roman historian)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
controller
One who keeps in check, governs, dominator alicujus rei (e.g., dominator rerum Deus, Cic.): moderator: gubernator: rector: (the words are found in this connection and order), rector et gubernator (ruler, guide, etc., especially of God): repressor (one who represses, restrains; e.g., caedis quotidianae, Cic.; tributorum, Eutropius): custos: curator (overseer, inspector) :
Controller (or comptroller) of accounts, contrascriptor rationum (Inscript.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for controller?
- The usual Latin words for “controller” are moderor, gubernātor, rēctor; also repressor, custōs, cūrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.