regnum

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.

Anagrams

• Munger

Etymology

From rēx (“king”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (classical)

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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

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