regnum
English
Etymology
From Latin rēgnum (“kingdom”). Doublet of reign.
Pronunciation
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Noun
regnum (plural regnums or regna)
- (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms.
- Synonym: kingdom
- A badge of royalty, especially the early form of the pope's tiara.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From rēx (“king”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈreːɡ.num/, [ˈreːŋnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈreɲ.ɲum/, [ˈrɛɲːum]
Audio (classical): (file)
Noun
rēgnum n (genitive rēgnī); second declension
- royal power, power, control, kingdom, reign
- Sum sine regno. ― I am without a kingdom.
- kingship, royalty
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rēgnum | rēgna |
Genitive | rēgnī | rēgnōrum |
Dative | rēgnō | rēgnīs |
Accusative | rēgnum | rēgna |
Ablative | rēgnō | rēgnīs |
Vocative | rēgnum | rēgna |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “regnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “regnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- regnum 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)
- regnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to take upon oneself absolute power: imperium, regnum, tyrannidem occupare
- to aspire to the sovereignty: regnum appetere (B. G. 7. 4)
- to obtain the sovereignty, kingly office: regnum adipisci
- to invest some one with royal power: alicui regnum deferre, tradere
- to restore a king to his throne (not in solium): aliquem in regnum restituere
- (ambiguous) to depose a king: aliquem regno spoliare or expellere (Div. 1. 22. 74)
- to take upon oneself absolute power: imperium, regnum, tyrannidem occupare
- “regnum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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