interrex

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English

Etymology

From Latin inter- (“between”) + rex (“king”).

Noun

interrex (plural interrexes or interreges)

  1. (history) An official in Ancient Rome who acted as single head of state during the interregnum between two consulates.
  2. (history) An equivalent regent from the death of a Polish king till the election and enthronement of his successor.
  3. (figuratively) A similar interim ruler, CEO, etc.

Translations

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin inter- (“between”) + rex (“king”).

Noun

interrex m (plural interreges or interrexen, diminutive interrexje n)

  1. (history) an interrex, temporary head of state during the interregnum between two Roman consulates or from the death of a Polish king till the election and enthronement of his successor

Latin

Etymology

From inter- +‎ rēx, back-formed from interrēgnum.

Pronunciation

Noun

interrēx m (genitive interrēgis); third declension

  1. during the Roman Monarchy, the regent holding the royal power between the death of one king and the election of another
  2. during the Roman Republic, one who who acted as head of state between two consulates

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative interrēx interrēgēs
Genitive interrēgis interrēgum
Dative interrēgī interrēgibus
Accusative interrēgem interrēgēs
Ablative interrēge interrēgibus
Vocative interrēx interrēgēs

References

  • “interrex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “interrex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • interrex 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)
  • “interrex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “interrex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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