rēgius adj. rex, of a king, kingly, royal, regal: genere regio natus: potestas: apparatus: exercitus, Cs.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome): a{*}es, i. e. the eagle, O.: genus imperi proximum similitudini regiae, closely resembling royalty: bellum, with a king: regios nutūs tueri, the king's orders: sponsus, H.: virgo, princess, O.: parens, O.: legatio, L.

—Plur m. as subst, the king's troops: regii, i. e. regia acies, L.: fama ad regios perlata, the satraps, N.

—Like a king, worthy of a king, royal, kingly, magnificent: Regia res est succurrere lapsis, O.: Regia res scelus est, O.: morbus, jaundice (because the patient was to live like a king), H.

—Of a palace: atrium, of the castle of Numa, L.