Regium

See also: regium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rēgium Lepidī
• Rēgium Lepidum

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.um/, [ˈreːɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.um/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒium]

Proper noun

Rēgium n sg (genitive Rēgiī or Rēgī); second declension

1. A town in Gallia Cisalpina situated between Mutina and Parma, now Reggio Emilia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rēgium
Genitive	Rēgiī Rēgī1
Dative	Rēgiō
Accusative	Rēgium
Ablative	Rēgiō
Vocative	Rēgium
Locative	Rēgiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Rēgiensis

Descendants

• Italian: Reggio Emilia

References

• “Regium Lepidi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Regium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.