regius

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin rēgius, from rēx, rēgis (“a king”). Doublet of regious. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹid͡ʒiəs/, /ˈɹid͡ʒəs/ Homophone: regious === Adjective === regius (not comparable) (rare outside set phrases such as those found below) Of or relating to a king; royal. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “regius”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === guiser == Latin == === Etymology === Derived from the oblique stem rēg- of rēx (“king, ruler”) +‎ -ius (adjective-forming derivational suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈreː.ɡi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi.us] === Adjective === rēgius (feminine rēgia, neuter rēgium); first/second-declension adjective kingly, regal, royal (of or pertaining to a king) Synonym: rēgālis magnificent, splendid, distinguished (worthy of a king) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: regi (learned) → English: regious, regius (learned) → Italian: regio (learned) → Romanian: regiu (learned) → Portuguese: régio (learned) → Spanish: regio (learned) === 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, 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.