regulus

See also: Regulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regulus.

Noun

regulus (plural reguli or reguluses)

  1. An impure metal formed beneath slag during the smelting of ores.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from rēx (“king”) +‎ -ulus.

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

Noun

rēgulus m (genitive rēgulī); second declension

  1. A petty king, kinglet
  2. kinglet (bird), wren
  3. a basilisk

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēgulus rēgulī
Genitive rēgulī rēgulōrum
Dative rēgulō rēgulīs
Accusative rēgulum rēgulōs
Ablative rēgulō rēgulīs
Vocative rēgule rēgulī

Descendants

References
  • regulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • regulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • regulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • regulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • regulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • regulus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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