Regulus

Latin regulus (“kinglet, petty king”)

Regulus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Regulidae – goldcrests and kinglets.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Regulidae - family

• (genus): Regulus regulus - type species

• Regulus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Regulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Regulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin regulus (“petty king”).

Regulus

1. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Leo; alpha (α) Leonis.

From Latin Regulus.

Regulus

1. a Roman cognomen

• Gurules

From rēgulus (“kinglet”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡu.lus/, [ˈreːɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ɡu.lus/, [ˈrɛːɡulus]

Rēgulus m sg (genitive Rēgulī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Atilius Regulus, a Roman general and hero

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rēgulus
Genitive	Rēgulī
Dative	Rēgulō
Accusative	Rēgulum
Ablative	Rēgulō
Vocative	Rēgule

• “Regulus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Regulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Regulus m

1. a male given name, held by Marcus Atilius Regulus
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þā, æfter þǣm þe Cartainiense ġeflīemde wǣron, hīe 'wilnedon friþes tō Regule.

     Then, after the Carthaginians were driven away, they asked Regulus for peace

Learned borrowing from Latin Rēgulus.

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈɡu.lus/
• Rhymes: -ulus
• Syllabification: Re‧gu‧lus

Regulus m animal

1. (astronomy) Regulus (blue-white subgiant star)

• Regulus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Regulus in PWN's encyclopedia