regimen

English

Etymology

From Latin regimen (“guidance”, “direction”, “government”, “rule”), from regō (“I rule”, “I direct”); compare regular.

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Noun

regimen (plural regimens or regimina)

1. Orderly government; system of order; administration.
2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
3. (grammar) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

Related terms

régime

regiminal

Translations

orderly government; system of order; administration

• Bashkir: тәртип (tärtip)
• Finnish: hallintojärjestelmä

any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation

A syntactical relation between words

References

• regimen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• regimen in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Etymology

From regō (“I rule”, “I direct”).

Noun

regimen (genitive regiminis); n, third declension

1. control, steering
2. directing
3. rule; governance

Declension

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	regimen	regimina
genitive	regiminis	regiminum
dative	regiminī	regiminibus
accusative	regimen	regimina
ablative	regimine	regiminibus
vocative	regimen	regimina

Descendants

English: regimen, regime, realm French: royaume, régime Friulian: ream Italian: regime Jèrriais: régînme

Occitan: reialme Portuguese: regime Romansch: reginam Spanish: régimen

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Swedish

Noun

regimen

1. definite singular of regim