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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1650.rex on page 1650
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rēx king
rēx is a Latin Noun that primarily means king.
Definitions for rēx
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
king
English derivatives:
regal regalia regicide royal; cp. rajah
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The sovereign ruler of a state or people, king. (b) (with personal name added). (c) (with territory or people specified). (d) (applied to a country exercising dominion over another).
- 2
(applied to kings of particular places, etc.): (a) (of Rome). (b) (of Sparta). (c) (applied to tributary kings). (d) (in a band of rebels or sim.). (e) (pl. applied to joint rulers; esp. to the king and queen of Egypt). (f) rex regum, 'king of kings' (as a title of Agamemnon; also of the kings of Persia and Parthia).
- 3
(pregn.) 'The great king', i.e. the king of Persia (or similar oriental potentate); also the king of Macedon.
Sentences with rēx
Latin to English
Rēx Asiam vīcerat (vincit; vīcit; vincet).Compare The king had conquered (is conquering; conquered; will conquer) Asia.
Lībertās populō ab rēge tertiō brevī tempore dabitur.Compare Liberty will be given to the people by the third king in a short time.
Eum ōrāvī nē rēgī turpī pārēret.Compare I begged him not to obey the disgraceful king.
Mātribus quae multōs fīliōs habuērunt rēx pecūniam dabat.Compare The king used to give money to the mothers who had many sons.
Componitur orbis regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis: mobile mutatur semper principe vulgus.Compare The world shapes itself after its ruler's pattern, nor can edicts sway men's minds so much as their monarch's life; the unstable crowd ever changes along with the prince.
Servitium rex superbus, suus libertas immemor alienus oppugno venio.Compare The slaves of proud kings, unmindful of their own liberty, are coming to attack that of others.
Ibi casus rex sum Ptolemaeus, puer aetam magnus copiae cum soror Cleopatra bellum gerens.Compare There by chance was king Ptolemy, a boy in age, carrying on war with a large force against his sister Cleopatra.
Ad summam: sapiens uno minor est Iove, dives, liber, honoratus, pulcher, rex denique regum, praecipue sanus, nisi sum pituita molest est.Compare The sum of it all is, the wise man ranks only second to Jove. He is rich, free, honored, beautiful, king (in fine) of kings—above all, he is sound, except when the phlegm troubles him.
Declension table for rēx
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | rēx | rēgēs |
| Gen. | rēgis | rēgum |
| Dat. | rēgī | rēgibus |
| Acc. | rēgem | rēgēs |
| Abl. | rēge | rēgibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 45.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1650.
- 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).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
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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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "rēx, rēgis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/rex-regis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 45.rēx, rēgis on page 45
