regius
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin rēgius, from rēx, rēgis (“a king”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]regius (not comparable)
- (rare outside set phrases such as those found below) Of or relating to a king; royal.
- regius professor, regius professorship
- regius chair
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “regius”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from the oblique stem reg- of rēx (“king, ruler”) + -ius (adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.us/, [ˈreːɡiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒius]
Adjective
[edit]rēgius (feminine rēgia, neuter rēgium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to a king; kingly, regal, royal.
- Synonym: rēgālis
- Magnificent, splendid, distinguished, worthy of a king.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | rēgius | rēgia | rēgium | rēgiī | rēgiae | rēgia | |
Genitive | rēgiī | rēgiae | rēgiī | rēgiōrum | rēgiārum | rēgiōrum | |
Dative | rēgiō | rēgiō | rēgiīs | ||||
Accusative | rēgium | rēgiam | rēgium | rēgiōs | rēgiās | rēgia | |
Ablative | rēgiō | rēgiā | rēgiō | rēgiīs | |||
Vocative | rēgie | rēgia | rēgium | rēgiī | rēgiae | rēgia |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “regius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “regius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- regius 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)
- regius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- monarchy: imperium singulare, unius dominatus, regium imperium
- to assume a despotic tone: regios spiritus sibi sumere
- to destroy a despotism, tyranny: regios spiritus reprimere (Nep. Dion. 5. 5)
- monarchy: imperium singulare, unius dominatus, regium imperium
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