regius

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rēgius, from rēx, rēgis (a king).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹid͡ʒiəs/, /ˈɹid͡ʒəs/

Adjective[edit]

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

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Declension[edit]

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

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Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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)