rēgīna ae, f rex, a queen: fuga reginae, of Cleopatra: deūm, V.

—As an epithet of honor, a queen, goddess, princess, noble-woman: Iuno: Siderum regina bicornis, Luna, H.: reginae Amor, i. e. of Ariadne, V.: regina sacerdos, i. e. Rhea Silvia, V.: virgines reginae, daughters of the (late) king, Cu.

—A noble woman, lady: Quia solae utuntur his reginae, T.

—Fig., a queen, mistress: omnium regina rerum oratio, Pac. ap. C.: Pecunia, H.