rēx rēgis, m REG-, an arbitrary ruler, absolute monarch, king: cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum vocamus: se inflexit hic rex in dominatum iniustiorem: regem diligere: monumenta regis, H.: Reges in ipsos imperium est Iovis, H.: post exactos reges, L.: clamore orto excitos reges, the royal family, L.: ad Ptolemaeum et Cleopatram reges, legati missi, i. e. king and queen, L.

—Poet.: Rex patrem vicit, i. e. public duty overcame paternal love, O.: populum late regem, i. e. supreme, V.

—Esp., the king of Persia: In Asiam ad regem militatum abiit, T.: a rege conruptus, N.

—A despot, tyrant: qui rex populi R. esse concupiverit (of Caesar).

—In the republic, of a priest who performed religious rites which were formerly the king's prerogative: rex sacrorum, high-priest: de rege sacrifico subficiendo contentio, L.

—Of a god, esp. of Jupiter, king: omnium deorum et hominum: divom pater atque hominum rex, V.: aquarum, i. e. Neptune, O.: Umbrarum, i. e. Pluto, O.: silentum, O.: infernus rex, V.

—Of AEolus, V.

—As a title of honor, king, lord, prince, head, chief, leader, master, great man: cum reges tam sint continentes, i. e. Caesar's friends: Rex erat Aeneas nobis, V.: tu regibus alas Eripe, i. e. the queen-bees, V.: rex ipse (privorum) Phanaeus, i. e. the best, V.: Actae non alio rege puertiae, governor, H.: pueri ludentes, 'rex eris,' aiunt, H.: gratiam regi referri, i. e. patron, T.: Rex horum, Iu.: sive reges Sive inopes, great men, H.