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) 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.

• “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.

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