regina regit colorem
Latin
editEtymology
editLiterally, “The Queen rules [her own] colour”, or more loosely translated as “the Queen takes her own colour”. From the fact that, in chess, the white Queen always starts the game on the white file d1, and black Queen starts on the black file d8.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /reːˈɡiː.na ˈre.ɡit koˈloː.rem/, [reːˈɡiːnä ˈrɛɡɪt̪ kɔˈɫ̪oːrɛ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈd͡ʒi.na ˈre.d͡ʒit koˈlo.rem/, [reˈd͡ʒiːnä ˈrɛːd͡ʒit̪ koˈlɔːrem]