Regulus

Latin regulus (“kinglet, petty king”)

Regulus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Regulidae – the goldcrests and kinglets.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Regulidae - family

• (genus): Regulus regulus - type species

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

• Regulus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Latin regulus (“petty king”).

Regulus

1. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (α) Leonis.

From Latin Regulus.

Regulus

1. a Roman cognomen

• Gurules

From rēgulus (“kinglet”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡu.lus/, [ˈreː.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]

Rēgulus m sg (genitive Rēgulī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Atilius Regulus, a Roman general and hero

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Regulus2 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Regulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette