different between regious vs regius

English

Etymology

From Latin regius (“royal”), from rex, regis (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?d??s/
• Homophone: Regius
• Rhymes: -i?d??s

Adjective

regious (comparative more regious, superlative most regious)

1. (obsolete) regal; royal
   • James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana

     I would fain ask the Regious Defenders , by what Law they can maintain Governments to be inherent in one , and to be tran?mitted to his Ofspring

References

regious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Latin regius, from rex, regis (“a king”).

Adjective

regius (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a king; royal.

   regius professor, regius professorship

   regius chair

Anagrams

• guiser

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the oblique stem reg- of r?x (“king, ruler”) +? -ius (adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?.?i.us/, [?re??i?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.d??i.us/, [?r??d??ius]

Adjective

r?gius (feminine r?gia, neuter r?gium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a king; kingly, regal, royal.
2. Magnificent, splendid, distinguished, worthy of a king.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• r?gia
• C?dex R?gius

Descendants

• Catalan: regi
• English: regious
• Italian: regio
• Spanish: regio
• Portuguese: régio

References

• regius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• regius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• regius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.