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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Accius|origins=la rēx}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈreː.ɡi.a], [ˈreː.ɡi.aː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi.a]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''rēgia''' ''f'' (genitive rēgiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the feminine of [[rēgius]] “royal”, used as a noun, with [[domus]] “house” understood.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''Rēgius'' is from [[rēx]] “king”.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Accius, of a royal palace.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Accius 170–c. 90 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a royal residence, a palace, as in Cicero and Caesar, and especially the Regia, the traditional home of King Numa near the temple of Vesta, later the official residence of the pontifex maximus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant a royal capital, as in Livy, a king's tent in camp, and poetically the palace of heaven.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) By metonymy it meant the royal house or court and royal power.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Suetonius it meant a colonnade or basilica.^(OLD 2012)
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+ It survives in Italian ''reggia'' “royal palace”.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of a palace.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a palace and of Numa's Regia.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a royal capital and a royal tent.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of a colonnade.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A royal residence, [[m|en|palace]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # The Regia, the official residence of the pontifex maximus.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A royal capital; a king's tent.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # The royal court; [[m|en|kingship]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A colonnade, basilica.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[rēgius]]
+ * [[rēx]]
+ * [[basilica]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}