regius

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

regius (not comparable)

  1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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

  1. Of or pertaining to a king; kingly, regal, royal.
    Synonym: rēgālis
  2. 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

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)
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