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 (goldcrest) – type species; Regulus goodfellowi (flamecrest), Regulus ignicapilla (common firecrest), Regulus madeirensis (Mareira firecrest), Regulus satrapa (golden-crowned kinglet) – species

• Regulus (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Regulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Regulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F.; 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.

• (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega

Borrowed from Latin Regulus.

Regulus

1. a Roman cognomen

• Gurules

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.ɡu.lus]

From rēgulus (“kinglet”).

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.

• “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.

From rēgulus (“kinglet”), from a calque of Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos), from a calque of Sumerian lu₂-gal (“lugal”)

Rēgulus m sg (genitive Rēgulī); second declension

1. (astronomy) The star α Leonis in the constellation Leo.^[1]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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^[1] (in Polish)
• Regulus in PWN's encyclopedia