rex

See also Rex

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From the Latin rēx (“king”), referring originally to rabbits of King Albert of Belgium. Entered English around 1920.

Noun

rex (plural rexes)

1. An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.

Related terms

• Tyrannosaurus rex
• Tyrannobdella rex

Anagrams

• Xer

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Kurdish

Noun

rex gender unspecified

1. side

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Latin

Iacobus Rex Scotorum (James [V], King of the Scots)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Cognates include Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king”) and Old Irish rí (“king”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /reːks/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

rēx (genitive rēgis); m, third declension

1. king, ruler
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:1

     anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam

     "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it."

2. (Later Latin, chess) king

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	rēx	rēgēs
genitive	rēgis	rēgum
dative	rēgī	rēgibus
accusative	rēgem	rēgēs
ablative	rēge	rēgibus
vocative	rēx	rēgēs

Derived terms

• rēgnum

Related terms

rēgālis rēgia rēgīna

rēgnō regō rēgulus

Descendants

Albanian: regj Catalan: rei Dalmatian: ra Esperanto: reĝo, virreĝo French: roi Friulian: re Galician: rei Ido: rejo, rejulo Italian: re

Jèrriais: rouai Occitan: rei Portuguese: rei Romanian: rege Romansch: retg Sardinian: re, rei Spanish: rey Volapük: reg, hireg