Regium
See also: regium
Latin
Alternative forms
- Rēgium Lepidī
- Rēgium Lepidum
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈreː.ɡi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi.um]
Proper noun
Rēgium n sg (genitive Rēgiī or Rēgī); second declension
- 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.