rēx rēgis, m
REG-,
an arbitrary ruler, absolute monarch, king
: cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum vocamus:
se inflexit hic rex in dominatum iniustiorem: regem diligere: monumenta
regis, H.: Reges in ipsos imperium est
Iovis, H.: post exactos reges,
L.: clamore orto excitos reges,
the royal family
, L.: ad Ptolemaeum et Cleopatram reges, legati
missi, i. e.
king and queen
, L.—Poet.: Rex patrem vicit, i. e.
public duty overcame paternal love
, O.: populum late regem, i. e.
supreme
, V.—Esp.,
the king of Persia
: In Asiam ad regem militatum abiit, T.:
a rege conruptus, N.—
A despot, tyrant
: qui rex populi
R. esse concupiverit (of Caesar).—In the republic, of a priest who
performed religious rites which were formerly the king's prerogative: rex sacrorum,
high-priest
: de rege sacrifico subficiendo contentio,
L.—Of a god, esp. of Jupiter,
king
: omnium deorum et hominum: divom pater atque hominum
rex, V.: aquarum, i. e.
Neptune
, O.: Umbrarum, i. e.
Pluto
, O.: silentum, O.: infernus rex, V.—Of
Æolus
, V.—As a title of honor,
king, lord, prince, head, chief, leader, master, great man
: cum reges tam sint continentes, i. e.
Caesar's friends
: Rex erat Aeneas nobis, V.: tu regibus alas Eripe, i. e.
the queen-bees
, V.: rex ipse (privorum) Phanaeus, i.
e.
the best
, V.: Actae non alio rege puertiae,
governor
, H.: pueri ludentes, ‘rex
eris,’ aiunt, H.: gratiam regi
referri, i. e.
patron
, T.: Rex horum, Iu.:
sive reges Sive inopes,
great men
, H.