regius

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin regius, from rex, regis (“a king”).

Adjective

regius (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a king; royal.

   regius professor, regius professorship

   regius chair

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “regius”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• guiser

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.us/, [ˈreːɡiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒius]

Adjective

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

1. Of or pertaining to a king; kingly, regal, royal.
2. Magnificent, splendid, distinguished, worthy of a king.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
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

• rēgia
• Cōdex Rēgius

Descendants

• Catalan: regi
• English: regious
• Italian: regio
• Spanish: regio

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)