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rēgālis , e. adj. rex,
I.of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.
I. Lit.
A. Adj.: regalis corporis custodias agere, Naev. ap. Non. p. 323, 1: genus civitatis. Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 41; id. Leg. 3, 7, 15; cf.: res publica, id. Rep. 3, 35, 47: “nomen,id. ib. 2, 30, 53 (shortly afterwards: “nomen regis): imperium,id. ib. 1, 38, 60: “sceptrum,Ov. M. 5, 422: “domus,id. ib. 1, 171: “praesidium,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: “nomisma,id. ib. 2, 1, 234: “virtus et sapientia,Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 24: “quiddam praestans et regale,id. ib. 1, 45, 69; cf.: “ut sapere, sic divinare regale ducebant,id. Div. 1, 40, 89: virgo, a king's daughter, Ov. A. A. 1, 697.—Poet.: “comae,” i. e. of Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 75: “carmen,treating of kings, Ov. P. 4, 16, 9: “scriptum,id. Tr. 2, 553: “situs pyramidum,Hor. C. 3, 30, 2: regalia fulmina, quorum vi tangitur vel comitium vel principalia urbis liberae loca, quorum significatio regnum civitati minatur, Caecin. ap. Sen. Q. N. 2, 49, 2.— Comp.: “regum rex regalior,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 45. — Sup.: “munus, quod regalissimum est,Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 2, 30. —
B. Subst.: rēgāles , ĭum, m.
1. Those belonging to a royal family, princes of the blood royal, βασιλικοί: “regales decem,Amm. 16, 12, 26; so Cod. Th. 7, 19; cf. Gramm. ap. Putsch. p. 2205.—
2. REGALIVM ORDO, an unexplained phrase in an inscr. at Formiae, Inscr. Orell. 3884.—
C. Subst.: rēgālĭa , ĭum, the residence of the king, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 30; 11, 17.— “Hence, trop.: animae regalia in capite,Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 8, 56.—
II. Transf., usual with kings, worthy of a king, regal, splendid: “ornatus,Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: “sententia,id. Off. 1, 13, 38: “luxus,Verg. A. 1, 637: “cultus,Hor. C. 4, 9, 15: “divitiae,id. Ep. 1, 12, 6: “impendia,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110: “animus,Liv. 27, 19 et saep.—Hence, adv.: rēgā-lĭter , royally, regally; in a good sense, splendidly, magnificently: “sacrificio regaliter Minervae confecto,Liv. 42, 51, 2: “revocatus,Amm. 30, 1. 4. — Comp.: “postea vero regalius initiabatur,Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 1, 7.—
2. In a bad sense, despotically, domineeringly: “precibus minas regaliter addere,Ov. M. 2, 397: “turgidus,Amm. 29, 1, 18.
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