Regulus

See also: regulus

Translingual

Regulus regulus

Etymology

Latin regulus (“kinglet, petty king”)

Proper noun

Regulus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Regulidae – the goldcrests and kinglets.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Regulidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Regulus regulus - type species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• Regulus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Regulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Regulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology 1

Latin regulus (“petty king”).

Proper noun

Regulus

1. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (α) Leonis.

Translations

star

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 軒轅十四／轩辕十四 (hin¹ jyun⁴ sap⁶ sei³)

  Mandarin: 軒轅十四／轩辕十四 (xuānyuán shísì)

• French: Régulus (fr) f
• German: Regulus m
• Maori: Te Kakau
• Russian: Ре́гул (ru) m (Régul)
• Spanish: Regulus (es) m, Régulo (es) m

Etymology 2

From Latin Regulus.

Proper noun

Regulus

1. a Roman cognomen

Translations

a Roman cognomen

• Armenian: Ռեգուլոս (Ṙegulos)
• Greek: Ρήγουλος (Rígoulos)
• Latin: Regulus
• Russian: Ре́гул (ru) (Régul)

Anagrams

• Gurules

Latin

Etymology

From rēgulus (“kinglet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡu.lus/, [ˈreːɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ɡu.lus/, [ˈrɛːɡulus]

Proper noun

Rēgulus m sg (genitive Rēgulī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Atilius Regulus, a Roman general and hero

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rēgulus
Genitive	Rēgulī
Dative	Rēgulō
Accusative	Rēgulum
Ablative	Rēgulō
Vocative	Rēgule

References

• “Regulus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Regulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette