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English
Etymology
From Latin rēgius, from rēx, rēgis (“a king”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹid͡ʒiəs/, /ˈɹid͡ʒəs/
Adjective
regius (not comparable)
- (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
Etymology
Derived from the oblique stem reg- of rēx (“king, ruler”) + -ius (adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
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.
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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)