Regulus

See also: regulus

Translingual

Regulus regulus

Etymology

Latin regulus (“kinglet, petty king”)

Proper noun

Regulus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Regulidae – goldcrests and kinglets.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; {{taxfmt|Passerisuborder – suborder; Passerides – infraorder; Passerida – parvorder; Regulidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Regulus regulus (goldcrest) – type species; Regulus goodfellowi (flamecrest), Regulus ignicapilla (common firecrest), Regulus madeirensis (Mareira firecrest), Regulus satrapa (golden-crowned kinglet) – species

References

• Regulus (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Regulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Regulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN.

English

Etymology 1

Latin regulus (“petty king”).

Proper noun

Regulus

1. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (α) Leonis.

Translations

star

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 軒轅十四 / 轩辕十四 (hin¹ jyun⁴ sap⁶ sei³)

  Mandarin: 軒轅十四 / 轩辕十四 (xuānyuán shísì)

• French: Régulus (fr) f
• German: Regulus m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: βασιλίσκος (basilískos)

• Māori: Te Kakau
• Russian: Ре́гул (ru) m (Régul)
• Spanish: Regulus (es) m, Régulo (es) m

See also

• (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin Regulus.

Proper noun

Regulus

1. a Roman cognomen

Translations

a Roman cognomen

• Armenian: Ռեգուլոս (Ṙegulos)
• Greek: Ρήγουλος (Rígoulos)
• Latin: Regulus
• Russian: Ре́гул (ru) (Régul)

Anagrams

• Gurules

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.ɡu.lus]

Etymology 1

From rēgulus (“kinglet”).

Proper noun

Rēgulus m sg (genitive Rēgulī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Atilius Regulus, a Roman general and hero

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rēgulus
genitive	Rēgulī
dative	Rēgulō
accusative	Rēgulum
ablative	Rēgulō
vocative	Rēgule

References

• “Regulus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Regulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

From rēgulus (“kinglet”), from a calque of Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos), from a calque of Sumerian lu₂-gal (“lugal”)

Proper noun

Rēgulus m sg (genitive Rēgulī); second declension

1. (astronomy) The star α Leonis in the constellation Leo.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rēgulus
genitive	Rēgulī
dative	Rēgulō
accusative	Rēgulum
ablative	Rēgulō
vocative	Rēgule

Old English

Proper noun

Regulus m

1. a male given name, held by Marcus Atilius Regulus
   • c. 900 CE, Alfred the Great [attributed], edited and translated by Henry Sweet, M.A., King Alfred's Orosius (Early English Text Society original series 79), London: N. Trübman & Co., published 1883, page 174:

     Þā, æfter þǣm þe Cartainiense ġeflīemde wǣron, hīe 'wilnedon friþes tō Regule.

     Then, after the Carthaginians were driven away, they asked Regulus for peace

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Regulus	—
accusative	Regulus	—
genitive	Reguluses	—
dative	Regule	—

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Rēgulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈɡu.lus/
• Rhymes: -ulus
• Syllabification: Re‧gu‧lus

Proper noun

Regulus m animal

1. (astronomy) Regulus (blue-white subgiant star)

Declension

Declension of Regulus

	singular
nominative	Regulus
genitive	Regulusa
dative	Regulusowi
accusative	Regulusa
instrumental	Regulusem
locative	Regulusie
vocative	Regulusie

Further reading

• “Regulus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Regulus in PWN's encyclopedia