rego

See also reĝo, and regó

English

Etymology

From registration +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

rego (usually uncountable; plural regos)

1. (uncountable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) Registration for a motor vehicle.

   The police pulled me over for driving with an expired rego.

   • 2003, Australian Senate, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 18057,

     You might give these people a badge or some livery for their boat and you can give them a discount on the rego of their boat.

   • 2007, Archie Gerzee, WOW! Tales of a Larrikin Adventurer, page 223,

     They gave us permission to drive in Australia under the British rego, meaning we still had our GB number plates.

   • 2008, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Peter Dragicevich, Justin Flynn, Paul Harding, East Coast Australia, page 501,

     When you come to buy or sell a car, every state has its own regulations, particularly with rego (registration).

2. (uncountable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) The fee required for such registration.

   David couldn′t drive his car as he hadn′t paid his rego.

3. (countable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) The registration number of a motor vehicle, used by police to access registration details such as the identity of the owner.
   • 1984, Renfrey Clarke, The Picket: Tasmanian Mine Workers Defend Their Jobs, page 84,

     “They also got the regos of the cars. There were two commercial travelers whose cars were trapped inside by the pickets, and they got hit with writs. […] ”

   • 2010, Alex Palmer, The Labyrinth of Drowning, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,

     A line of cars was parked along one side, presumably belonging to the sex workers and their clients. ‘Get their regos,’ Borghini said to one of his people.

Anagrams

• ergo
• goer
• gore
• ogre, Ogre

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

Verb

present active regō, present infinitive regere, perfect active rēxī, supine rēctum.

1. I rule, govern
2. I guide, steer

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	regō	regis	regit	regimus	regitis	regunt
	future	regam	regēs	reget	regēmus	regētis	regent
	imperfect	regēbam	regēbās	regēbat	regēbāmus	regēbātis	regēbant
	perfect	rēxī	rēxistī	rēxit	rēximus	rēxistis	rēxērunt
	future perfect	rēxerō	rēxeris	rēxerit	rēxerimus	rēxeritis	rēxerint
	pluperfect	rēxeram	rēxerās	rēxerat	rēxerāmus	rēxerātis	rēxerant
passive	present	regor	regeris	regitur	regimur	regiminī	reguntur
	future	regar	regēris	regētur	regēmur	regēminī	regentur
	imperfect	regēbar	regēbāris	regēbātur	regēbāmur	regēbāminī	regēbantur
	perfect	Use rēctus m, rēcta f, rēctum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use rēctus m, rēcta f, rēctum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use rēctus m, rēcta f, rēctum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	regam	regās	regat	regāmus	regātis	regant
	imperfect	regerem	regerēs	regeret	regerēmus	regerētis	regerent
	perfect	rēxerim	rēxerīs	rēxerit	rēxerīmus	rēxerītis	rēxerint
	pluperfect	rēxissem	rēxissēs	rēxisset	rēxissēmus	rēxissētis	rēxissent
passive	present	regar	regāris	regātur	regāmur	regāminī	regantur
	imperfect	regerer	regerēris	regerētur	regerēmur	regerēminī	regerentur
	perfect	Use rēctus m, rēcta f, rēctum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use rēctus m, rēcta f, rēctum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	rege	regitō	regitō	regere	regitor	regitor
	plural	regite	regitōte	reguntō	regiminī	—	reguntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		regere	rēxisse	rēctūrus esse	regī	rēctus esse	rēctum īrī
participles		regēns (regentis)	—	rēctūrus-ra, -rum	—	rēctus-a, -um	regendus-nda, -ndum

Synonyms

• (rule, govern): ordinō

Derived terms

• corrigō
• dīrigō
• ērigō
• porrigō
• surgō

Related terms

• rector
• rēgālis
• rēgia
• rēgius

• rēgnō
• rēgnum
• rēx m, rēgina f

Descendants

• Esperanto: regi
• French: régir
• Italian: reggere

• Portuguese: reger
• Spanish: regir
• Swedish: regera

References

• rego in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Novial

Etymology

From rege, a monarch , king or queen.

Root: reg-.

Morphemes: reg- + -o (1).

Noun

rego

1. king

Related terms

rege	{ n }	monarch, king or queen
rega	{ n }	queen
regia	{ n }	kingdom
regira	{ v }	reign
regiro	{ n }	reign
regido	{ n }	royal prince
regida	{ n }	royal princess
regal	{ adj }	regal, royal
viserego	{ n }	viceroy
regonal	{ adj }	kingly
reganal	{ adj }	queenly