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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.

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