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Webster 1913 Edition
Regulus
Reg′u-lus
(-l?s)
, Noun.
pl. E.
Reguluses
(-[GREEK]z), L. Reguli
(-l[GREEK])
. 1.
A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.
2.
(Chem. & Metal.)
The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores.
☞ The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. It signifies little king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher’s stone.
Ure.
3.
(Astron.)
A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; – called also the
Lion's Heart
. Webster 1828 Edition
Regulus
REG'ULUS
,Noun.
In chimistry, the finer or pure part of a metallic substance, which, in the melting of ores, falls to the bottom of the crucible.
Definition 2024
Regulus
Regulus
See also: regulus
Translingual
Regulus regulus
Etymology
Latin regulus (“kinglet, petty king”)
Proper noun
Regulus m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Regulidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Regulus regulus - type species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
English
Proper noun
Regulus
- (astronomy) A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (α) Leonis.
Translations
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Regulus
- a Roman cognomen
Translations
regulus
regulus
See also: Regulus
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from rēx (“king”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɡu.lus/, [ˈreː.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]
Noun
rēgulus m (genitive rēgulī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rēgulus | rēgulī |
| genitive | rēgulī | rēgulōrum |
| dative | rēgulō | rēgulīs |
| accusative | rēgulum | rēgulōs |
| ablative | rēgulō | rēgulīs |
| vocative | rēgule | rēgulī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Regulus
References
- regulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- regulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- REGULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “regulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- regulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- regulus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016