regius

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēgius, from rēx, rēgis (“a king”). Doublet of regious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹid͡ʒiəs/, /ˈɹid͡ʒəs/
• Homophone: regious

Adjective

regius (not comparable)

1. (rare outside set phrases such as those found below) Of or relating to a king; royal.

   regius professor, regius professorship

   regius chair

Related terms

• regius professor

References

• “regius”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• guiser

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the oblique stem rēg- of rēx (“king, ruler”) +‎ -ius (adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.ɡi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi.us]

Adjective

rēgius (feminine rēgia, neuter rēgium); first/second-declension adjective

1. kingly, regal, royal (of or pertaining to a king)

   Synonym: rēgālis

2. magnificent, splendid, distinguished (worthy of a king)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rēgius	rēgia	rēgium		rēgiī	rēgiae	rēgia
genitive	rēgiī	rēgiae	rēgiī		rēgiōrum	rēgiārum	rēgiōrum
dative	rēgiō	rēgiae	rēgiō		rēgiīs
accusative	rēgium	rēgiam	rēgium		rēgiōs	rēgiās	rēgia
ablative	rēgiō	rēgiā	rēgiō		rēgiīs
vocative	rēgie	rēgia	rēgium		rēgiī	rēgiae	rēgia

Derived terms

• aqua rēgia
• Cōdex Rēgius
• lex rēgia
• rēgia

Descendants

• → Catalan: regi (learned)
• → English: regious, regius (learned)
• → Italian: regio (learned)
• → Portuguese: régio (learned)
• → Spanish: regio (learned)

References

• “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)