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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *h₃rēǵs}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [reːˈɡaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈɡaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''rēgālis''' (neuter rēgāle, adverb rēgāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|rēx|-ālis|t1=king]], from the stem [[m|la|rēg-]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The noun is [[inh|itc-pro|*rēg-|t=king]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₃rēǵs|t=ruler, king]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Naevius speaks of men who keep guard over the king's person.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant belonging to a king or a monarchy, royal, as Cicero calls the monarchic form of state ''rēgāle genus cīvitātis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant proper to a king, regal, splendid, as in Virgil's palace bright with royal luxury.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In medieval Latin a ''mansus rēgālis'' was a farm of exceptional size, from the royal estates.^(Niermeyer 1976) British writers used it of things belonging to the Crown, and ''piscis rēgālis'' was a fish reserved to the sovereign.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''roial'' it gave [[en|royal]] in the mid-13th century, and [[en|regal]] in the late 14th.^(Etymonline) Its inherited forms include [[es|real]] and [[pt|real]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius speaks of the king's bodyguard.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of monarchy as a form of state.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil describes a palace bright with royal luxury.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-13th century – English ''royal'' “fit for a king” is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of a king, [[m|en|royal]]; monarchic.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Kingly, [[m|en|regal]], splendid.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Belonging to the Crown.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[rēgāliolus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[rēgālia]]
+ * [[rēgāliter]]
+ * [[rēgia]]
+ * [[rēx]]
+ * [[en|royal]]
+ * [[en|regal]]
+ * [[en|regalia]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}