regia

See also: regía and régia

Catalan

Verb

regia

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧gìa

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

1. direction (of a movie)
2. direction, production (theater, tv, etc.)
3. organization, direction

Related terms

• regista

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: rè‧gia

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective regio.

Anagrams

• agire, egira, eriga, giare, ragie, reagì

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Latin

Pronunciation

• rēgia: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.a/, [ˈreːɡiä]
• rēgia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒiä]
• rēgiā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.aː/, [ˈreːɡiäː]
• rēgiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒiä]

Etymology 1

Substantive noun from rēgius (“of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal”). Compare with basilica.

Noun

rēgia f (genitive rēgiae); first declension

1. A royal palace, castle, fortress, residence; court; kingship.
2. The royal tent in a camp.
3. A royal city, capital.
4. A roofed colonnade, portico, hall.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rēgia	rēgiae
Genitive	rēgiae	rēgiārum
Dative	rēgiae	rēgiīs
Accusative	rēgiam	rēgiās
Ablative	rēgiā	rēgiīs
Vocative	rēgia	rēgiae

Descendants

• Italian: reggia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of rēgius (“of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal”).

Adjective 1

(deprecated template usage) rēgia

1. inflection of rēgius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective 2

(deprecated template usage) rēgiā

1. ablative feminine singular of rēgius

Derived terms

• aqua regia

References

• “regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• regia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “regia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “regia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• “regia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “regia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Novial

Etymology

Derived from rege (“monarch, king or queen”)

Root: reg-

Morphemes: reg- +‎ -al

Noun

1. kingdom

Related terms

• rega (“queen”, noun)
• regal (“regal, royal”, adjective)
• reganal (“queenly”, adjective)
• rege (“monarch”, noun)
• regida (“royal princess”, noun)
• regido (“royal prince”, noun)
• regira (“reign”, verb)
• rego (“king”, noun)
• regonal (“kingly”, adjective)
• viserego (“viceroy”, noun)

 

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Portuguese

Verb

regia

1. first-person singular imperfect of reger
2. third-person singular imperfect of reger

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Spanish

Adjective

regia

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective regio.