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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃reǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈreːŋ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛɲ.ɲo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rēgnō''' (present infinitive rēgnāre, perfect active rēgnāvī, supine rēgnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|rēgnum|-ō|t1=kingship, kingdom]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) ⟨rēgnum⟩ is from [[m|la|rēx|t=king]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*rēg-|t=king]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃rēǵ-s|t=ruler, king]].^(Etymonline)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, ''ubi Pterela rēx rēgnāvit'' “where King Pterelas reigned”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to rule as king, reign, as in Plautus and Cicero's ''Rōmulus septem et trīgintā rēgnāvit annōs'' “Romulus reigned thirty-seven years”; of gods, to enjoy supremacy, as in Horace; of natural or abstract forces, to be in control, prevail, as in Lucretius; and to play the king, lord it, as in Cicero; transitively, in the passive, to be ruled by a king.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to reign, rule, govern.^(Stelten 1995) It survives as Italian ''regnare'', French ''régner'' and Spanish and Portuguese ''reinar'', and English ''reign'' comes from the noun ''rēgnum'' through Old French.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of natural forces.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of Romulus.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To rule as king, [[m|en|reign]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of gods)'' To enjoy supremacy.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of forces, emotions)'' To be in control, [[m|en|prevail]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To play the king, lord it.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corregno]]

+ * [[rēgnātor]]

+ * [[rēgnātrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rēgālis]]

+ * [[rēgāliter]]

+ * [[regēns]]

+ * [[rēgia]]

+ * [[rēgiē]]

+ * [[rēgificē]]

+ * [[rēgificus]]

+ * [[regimen]]

+ * [[rēgīna]]

+ * [[regiō]]

+ * [[rēgnum]]

+ * [[rēx]]

+ * [[regō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}