regnum

English

Etymology

From Latin rēgnum (kingdom). Doublet of reign.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.nəm/

Noun

regnum (plural regnums or regna)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms.
  2. A badge of royalty, especially the early form of the pope's tiara.

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Latin

Etymology

From rēx (king).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːɡ.num/, [ˈreːŋ.nũː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.ɲum/, [ˈreɲ.ɲum]
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Noun

rēgnum n (genitive rēgnī); second declension

  1. royal power, power, control, kingdom, reign
    Sum sine regno.
    I am without a kingdom.
  2. kingship, royalty

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēgnum rēgna
Genitive rēgnī rēgnōrum
Dative rēgnō rēgnīs
Accusative rēgnum rēgna
Ablative rēgnō rēgnīs
Vocative rēgnum rēgna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: regno
  • Portuguese: reino
  • Sicilian: regnu
  • Sardinian: regnu, arregnu, rennu
  • Spanish: reino
  • Translingual: Regnum

References

  • regnum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • regnum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • regnum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • regnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to take upon oneself absolute power: imperium, regnum, tyrannidem occupare
    • to aspire to the sovereignty: regnum appetere (B. G. 7. 4)
    • to obtain the sovereignty, kingly office: regnum adipisci
    • to invest some one with royal power: alicui regnum deferre, tradere
    • to restore a king to his throne (not in solium): aliquem in regnum restituere
    • (ambiguous) to depose a king: aliquem regno spoliare or expellere (Div. 1. 22. 74)
  • regnum in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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