regenai

Marrucinian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rēgīnā (“queen”). Cognate with Latin rēgīna.

Adjective

regenai (dative singular feminine)

1. An epithet of Ceres.
   • 3rd–2nd century BCE, Rapino bronze, found in Rapino, Abruzzo, line 10:

     regen[ai] peai cerie iouia

     to Regina Pia Iovia Ceres

References

• Glinister, Fay (2000) “The Rapino bronze, the touta marouca, and sacred prostitution in early central Italy”, in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement, number 73, →JSTOR, pages 18–38