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regnum , i, n. rex,
I.kingly government, royal authority, kingship, royalty (cf.: “imperium, principatus): cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus et regnum ejus rei publicae statum,Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42: “regique Thebano Creonti regnum stabilivit suum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 39: “regno regem spoliare,Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65: “ob labefactandi regni timorem,id. ib. 2, 2: “regni initium,id. ib. 2, 15, 28: “neque potest ejusmodi res publica non regnum et esse et vocari,royalty, id. ib. 2, 23: “regnum obtinere,Caes. B. G. 5, 54; cf.: “regnum in suā civitate occupare,id. ib. 1, 3: regnum reciperare, Auct. B. Alex. 36; Caes. B. G. 4, 12; 5, 20; 5, 25: “dum stabat regno incolumis regumque vigebat Consiliis,Verg. A. 2, 88: “Tulli ignobile regnum,Hor. S. 1, 6, 9; id. C. 1, 12, 34: “Alexander periculoso regno securam ac tutam vitam anteponens,Just. 39, 4, 3.—
B. In gen., dominion, sovereignty, rule, authority.
2. In a bad sense, despotism, tyranny (to a Roman of the time of the Republic, any sovereignty of a single individual): “hic ait se ille, judices, regnum meum ferre non posse. Quod tandem, Torquate, regnum? Consulatus, credo, mei ... quo in magistratu non institutum est a me regnum, sed repressum,Cic. Sull. 7, 21; cf. Quint. 3, 8, 47: “hoc vero regnum est, et ferri nullo pacto potest,Cic. Att. 2, 12, 1: “Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est,id. Lael. 12, 41; so, “occupare,id. Sull. 9, 27; id. Phil. 5, 6, 17: “regnum appetere,id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; id. Mil. 27, 72 (for which affectare is cited, Quint. 5, 11, 12; v. Spald. N. cr. ad loc.): “regnum judiciorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 35; cf. “forense,id. Fam. 9, 18, 1: “quod tribuni militum in plebe Romanā regnum exercerent,Liv. 5, 2: “damnatus crimine regni,Ov. F. 6, 189: “dum regnum te, Roma, facit,” i. e. gives thee a sovereign, Luc. 4, 692.—
II. Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), a kingdom: “grates tibi ago, summe sol, quod conspicio in meo regno et his tectis P. Cornelium Scipionem,Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9: “ad fines regni sui,Caes. B. G. 5, 26; 5, 38: “(flumen Mulucha) Jugurthae Bocchique regnum disjungebat,Sall. J. 92, 5: “se patrio regno pulsos esse,Liv. 1, 40: “(Aufidus) Qui regna Dauni praefluit Appuli,Hor. C. 4, 14, 26 al.: “barbara regna,id. Ep. 2, 1, 253: “regnum caelorum,Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, § 28; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 11 et saep.— Poet., of bees: “cerea regna refingunt,Verg. G. 4, 202. —
B. Transf.
1. Any place which one possesses, a territory, estate, possession: “id, nisi hic in tuo regno essemus, non tulissem,” i. e. on your own territories, on your own estate, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 41; cf. id. Att. 14, 16, 1: “post aliquot mea regna videns, mirabor aristas?fields, Verg. E. 1, 70; cf. id. G. 1, 124; 3, 476: “regna videt pauper Nasamon errantia vento,his cottages, Luc. 9, 458 al.: haec regna, these realms, i. e. of the dead, Verg. A. 6, 417.—
2. Regna = reges, Stat. Th. 12, 380.
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