Regium

See also: regium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Rēgium Lepidī
  • Rēgium Lepidum

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. a town in Cisalpine Gaul situated between Mutina and Parma, now Reggio Emilia

Declension

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

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.