rēgnum ī, n REG-, kingly government, royal authority, kingship, royalty: vocamus regnum eius rei p. statum: regno regem spoliare: regnum in civitate suā occupare, Cs.: Dum stabat regno incolumis, V.: Tulli ignobile, H.

—Dominion, sovereignty, rule, authority, supreme power: regnumne hic tu possides? T.: omne regnum vel imperium bellis quaeritur: civitatis, Cs.: adoptione in regnum pervenire, S.: nationes, quae in eorum (i. e. Populi R.) regno sunt: regnum sine vi regere, O.: Nec regna vini sortiere talis, the presidency of the revels, H.

—Despotism, tyranny, personal sovereignty, arbitrary rule: te regnum iudiciorum delectat: hoc vero regnum est, et ferri nullo pacto potest: suspicio regni appetendi: in plebe Romanā regnum exercere, L.: damnatus crimine regni, O.

— A kingdom, state governed by a king: ad finis regni sui, Cs.: (flumen) Iugurthae Bocchique regnum disiungebat, S.: patrio regno pulsi, L.: barbara regna, H.: cerea regna refigunt (of bees), V.

—Fig., rule, authority, power, influence: abuteris ad omnia atomorum regno: voluptatis: sive aliquid regni est in carmine, O.

—A territory, estate, possession: in tuo regno esse, i. e. your own estate: Post aliquot mea regna videns mirabor aristas? fields, V.: haec regna, these realms, i. e. of the dead, V.