interrex

See also: Interrex

English

Etymology

From Latin inter- (“between”) + rex (“king”).

Noun

interrex (plural interrexes or interreges)

1. (history) An official in Ancient Rome who acted as single head of state during the interregnum between two consulates.
2. (history) An equivalent regent from the death of a Polish king till the election and enthronement of his successor.
3. (figuratively) A similar interim ruler, CEO, etc.

Related terms

• interregnum
• rex sacrorum

Translations

official in Ancient Rome

• French: interroi (fr) m
• Latin: interrex m

equivalent official in Poland

similar interim ruler

• Latin: interrex m

Translations

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} interrex m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Interrex m
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} interrex m

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin inter- (“between”) + rex (“king”).

Noun

interrex m (plural interreges or interrexen, diminutive interrexje n)

1. (history) An interrex, temporary head of state during the interregnum between two Roman consulates or from the death of a Polish king till the election and enthronement of his successor

Latin

Etymology

From inter- +‎ rēx, back-formed from interrēgnum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈter.reːks/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛrːeːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈter.reks/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛrːeks]

Noun

interrēx m (genitive interrēgis); third declension

1. during the Roman Monarchy, the regent holding the royal power between the death of one king and the election of another
2. during the Roman Republic, one who who acted as head of state between two consulates

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	interrēx	interrēgēs
Genitive	interrēgis	interrēgum
Dative	interrēgī	interrēgibus
Accusative	interrēgem	interrēgēs
Ablative	interrēge	interrēgibus
Vocative	interrēx	interrēgēs

References

• “interrex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interrex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• interrex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “interrex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “interrex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin