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rēgius royal
rēgius is a Latin Adjective that primarily means royal.
Definitions for rēgius
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
royal
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Of or belonging to a king (queen, royal house, etc.), royal. (b) (masc. pl. as sb.) the king's men (soldiers, officers, etc.).
- 2
(of abst. things) Of, performed by, done by, concerning, etc., a king.
- 3
Of or belonging to a family of kings, of royal blood.
- 4
(of government, power, etc.) Exercised by a king, regal, monarchic; (of laws) issued by a king (in quots., one of the Roman kings). (b) nomen ~um, the name or title of king. (c) (of a period) marked by kingly rule. (d) (transf.) governing, authoritative.
- 5
(a) Characteristic of a king (in a good or desirable sense), kingly. (b) typical of a king (in a bad sense), despotical.
Sentences with rēgius
Latin to English
Regia, crede mihi, est est succurrere lapsis.Compare 'Tis a royal deed, I assure thee, to help the fallen.
Regem non faciunt opes, non vestis Tyriae color, non frontis nota regiae, non auro nitidae fores; rex est qui posuit metus et diri mala pectoris.Compare A king neither riches make, nor robe of Tyrian hue, nor crown upon the royal brow, nor doors with gold bright gleaming; a king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longing of an evil heart.
Do is praeterea potestas, verbum praetorius, res verus regius.Compare He gives them besides power, in title that of praetors, in reality that of kings.
Declension table for rēgius
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | rēgius | rēgiī |
| Gen. | rēgiī | rēgiōrum |
| Dat. | rēgiō | rēgiīs |
| Acc. | rēgium | rēgiōs |
| Voc. | rēgie | rēgiī |
| Abl. | rēgiō | rēgiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 486.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1600.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "rēgius, rēgia, rēgium (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/regius-regia-regium.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 486.on page 486
