regius
English
Etymology
From Latin rēgius, from rēx, rēgis (“a king”).
Adjective
regius (not comparable)
- 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- guiser
Latin
Etymology
Derived from the oblique stem reg- of rēx (“king, ruler”) + -ius (adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.us/, [ˈreːɡiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒius]
Adjective
rēgius (feminine rēgia, neuter rēgium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to a king; kingly, regal, royal.
- Synonym: rēgālis
- 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
- lex rēgia
Descendants
- Catalan: regi
- English: regious
- Italian: regio
- Spanish: regio
- Portuguese: régio
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, 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)
- monarchy: imperium singulare, unius dominatus, regium imperium