rex
See also: Rex
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From the Latin rēx (“king”), referring originally to rabbits of the Belgian "castorrex" breed, so named because their fur was similar to that of beavers. Entered English around 1920. Doublet of rajah and roy.
Noun Edit
rex (plural rexes)
- An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.
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Latin Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Italic *rēks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Cognates include Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan, “king”) and Old Irish rí (“king”).
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Noun Edit
rēx m (genitive rēgis); third declension
- king, ruler
- (derogatory) despot, tyrant (during the time of the Republic when there were no kings and executive power was usually divided)
- (Late Latin, chess) king
Declension Edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | rēx | rēgēs |
Genitive | rēgis | rēgum |
Dative | rēgī | rēgibus |
Accusative | rēgem | rēgēs |
Ablative | rēge | rēgibus |
Vocative | rēx | rēgēs |
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- rēgnum
- rēgulus
- rēgis fīlia, rēgis puella (“princess”)
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- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
Borrowings:
- → Albanian: regj
- → Basque: errege
- → English: rex, Rex
- → Esperanto: reĝo
- → Greek: ρήγας (rígas)
- → Ido: rejo
- → Interlingua: rege
- → Italian: rege
- → Novial: reg-
- → Romanian: rege
- →? Sicilian: reghi
- →⇒ Translingual: Balaeniceps rex, Tyrannosaurus rex
- → Volapük: reg
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Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text) | |||||
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rex | regina | turris | episcopus | eques | pedes |
References Edit
- “rex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rex 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)
- rex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to establish some one as king, tyrant: aliquem regem, tyrannum constituere
- to restore a king to his throne (not in solium): regem restituere
- (ambiguous) to belong to the king's bodyguard: a latere regis esse
- to establish some one as king, tyrant: aliquem regem, tyrannum constituere
- “rex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “rex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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