Regnum, regni, n. g. Cic.A realme: a kingdome.Regnum regionibus continetur.Cic.Regnum.Cic.That one possesseth: his owne possession. Sub Veneris regno vapulo. Plantus. I am scourged or plagud vnder enus vominion and kingdome: I amplagued with loue matters.Aut dominatus, aur regnum.Cic.Regnum ac ditio.Cic.Custos regni. Sen. Fructus regni. Sil. Euersor regnorum.Virg. Nouitas regni. Virg. Adusta regna. Sen. Alterna regna.Stat.Rule by course one after an other.Barbara. Hor. Cœlestia.Ouid. Continua, Vide CONTINEO. Dissona.Val. Flac.Ringdomes vder which are diuers languages. Durissima. Virg.Famosa. Lucan. Furentia. Sil. Huberrima.Virg.Humida.Virg.Dominion of the sea.Ignobile regnum. Hor. Inamabile. Ouid.Inamœna regna.Ouid.Inferna. Sen. Kingdome of hell.Infœlix regnum, Stat.Inhospita regna.Ouid.Vncourteise realmes vsing no gentle intertainement. Iniusta. Val. Val. Flac.Inuia viuis regna.Virg.The kingdome of hell.Lacerum regoum. Claud. Lamentabile regnum. Virg.Lata regna. Virgil. Liberale regnum. Cic.Magni regni potentia.Ouid. Nobile regnum. Ouid.Opulenta regna. Sen. Pallida. Lucan. Hel.Piceum regnum. Claud. Darke hell.Porentia regna.Ouid. Stabile regnum. Sen. Tristia regna. Hor. A sorrowfull realme: hel.Trux regnum. Sen. Vastum. Ouid.Viduata regna lamine. Sil. Hell where is nothing but darknesse.Vndosa regna. Sil. Thesea. Abuti regno & licentia ad omnia.Cicer.Affectare regnum.Ouid. Appetere regnum. Cicer.Capessere regna.Virg. Concutere regna. Sen. Vultis & his mecum pariter considere regnis? Virg.Will you remaine or dwell here with me in this my kingdome.Contribuere in regno, Vide CONTRIBVO.Decerere regnum. Liu.Deducere aliquem ex regno, Vide DEDVCO.Deferre regnum alicui.Cic.To giue the kingdome to one.Superis regnis Iouem detrudere.Virg.Diuiditur ferro regnum. Lucan. Dare & Adimere regna contraria. Cice. Dominari regno capaci. Sen. To be ruler of a large realme or kingdome.Exercere regnum in aliquo loco. Pli. To rule or gouerne a countrie.Fœdant mea regna suis ruinis. Sil. Regna superba gerere. Tibull. Habere regna.Virg.To haue kingdome: to rule.Impendere regnum, Ouid.To employ his whole kingdome.Inducere regem in regnum, Vide INDVCO.Instituere regnum, Vide INSTITVO.Insurgere regnisalicuius.Ouid.Intercipere regnum, Vide INTERCIPIO.Inuadere regnum aliquod, Ouid.Locare aliquem in parte regni.Virg.Occupare regnum.Cic. Optare locum regno. Virg.Permittere regnum alicui. Hora. To commit the rule or gouernemente to one.Permittere regoum alicui in aliquos. Hor. Pollutum regnum sanguine. Sil. Possidere regna. Sen. Prodere regna alicuius. Oui. Pulsata gemino mari regna. Sen. Pulsi regnis.Virg. Sub regno esse. Cic.Regere regnum. Ou. Tenere regna. Lucret. Resurgunt regna. Vir. Iniusta regna tenere. Ouid.Sancire regnum, Tac. Torpent regna. Virg.Ad auxilium trahere septem regna. Sen. Viget regnum consilijs.Virg. Regnum. C. That wherein one is more ercellÊt than other.Regnam credo Consulatus mei.Cic.
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regnum, i, n. [rex], kingly government, royal authority, kingship, royalty (cf.: imperium, principatus): cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus et regnum ejus rei publicae statum, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42: regique Thebano Creonti regnum stabilivit suum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 39: regno regem spoliare, Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65: ob labefactandi regni timorem, id. ib. 2, 2: regni initium, id. ib. 2, 15, 28: neque potest ejusmodi res publica non regnum et esse et vocari,
royalty
, id. ib. 2, 23: regnum obtinere, Caes. B. G. 5, 54; cf.: regnum in suā civitate occupare, id. ib. 1, 3: regnum reciperare, Auct. B. Alex. 36; Caes. B. G. 4, 12; 5, 20; 5, 25: dum stabat regno incolumis regumque vigebat Consiliis, Verg. A. 2, 88: Tulli ignobile regnum, Hor. S. 1, 6, 9; id. C. 1, 12, 34: Alexander periculoso regno securam ac tutam vitam anteponens, Just. 39, 4, 3.—B. In gen., dominion, sovereignty, rule, authority.1. In a good sense: possidere regna, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 21: quod imperium, qui magistratus, quod regnum potest esse praestantius, quam, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28: omne regnum vel imperium bellis quaeritur et victoriis propagatur, id. ib. 3, 12, 20: sibi a Caesare regnum civitatis deferri, Caes. B. G. 5, 6: ego te in meum regnum accepi, Sall. J. 10, 1: adoptione in regnum pervenire, id. ib. 11, 6: nationes, quae in eorum (i. e. Populi Romani) regno ac dicione sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, 60: nobile regnum, Ov. H. 17, 133: regnum sine vi tenere, id. M. 11, 270: regnum alicui permittere, Hor. S. 1, 3, 123: bonae Sub regno Cinarae, id. C. 4, 1, 4: nec regna vini sortiere talis, the presiding over a drinking-bout, Gr. a)rxiposi/a,id. ib. 1, 4, 18 (cf.: arbiter bibendi, id. ib. 2, 7, 25; v. also rex).— 2. In a bad sense, despotism, tyranny (to a Roman of the time of the Republic, any sovereignty of a single individual): hic ait se ille, judices, regnum meum ferre non posse. Quod tandem, Torquate, regnum? Consulatus, credo, mei ... quo in magistratu non institutum est a me regnum, sed repressum, Cic. Sull. 7, 21; cf. Quint. 3, 8, 47: hoc vero regnum est, et ferri nullo pacto potest, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 1: Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est, id. Lael. 12, 41; so, occupare, id. Sull. 9, 27; id. Phil. 5, 6, 17: regnum appetere, id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; id. Mil. 27, 72 (for which affectare is cited, Quint. 5, 11, 12; v. Spald. N. cr. ad loc.): regnum judiciorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, 35; cf. forense, id. Fam. 9, 18, 1: quod tribuni militum in plebe Romanā regnum exercerent, Liv. 5, 2: damnatus crimine regni, Ov. F. 6, 189: dum regnum te, Roma, facit, i. e.
gives thee a sovereign
, Luc. 4, 692.— C.Trop., rule, authority, power, influence: abuteris ad omnia atomorum regno et licentiā, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65: regnum voluptatis, id. Sen. 12, 41: sub regno tibi esse placet omnes animi partes et eas regi consilio?id. Rep. 1, 38, 60; Ov. M. 14, 20; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 50.— II.Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), a kingdom: grates tibi ago, summe sol, quod conspicio in meo regno et his tectis P. Cornelium Scipionem, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9: ad fines regni sui, Caes. B. G. 5, 26; 5, 38: (flumen Mulucha) Jugurthae Bocchique regnum disjungebat, Sall. J. 92, 5: se patrio regno pulsos esse, Liv. 1, 40: (Aufidus) Qui regna Dauni praefluit Appuli, Hor. C. 4, 14, 26 al.: barbara regna, id. Ep. 2, 1, 253: regnum caelorum, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 28; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 11 et saep.— Poet., of bees: cerea regna refingunt, Verg. G. 4, 202. — B.Transf.1.Any place which one possesses, a territory, estate, possession: id, nisi hic in tuo regno essemus, non tulissem, i. e.
on your own territories
,
on your own estate
, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 41; cf. id. Att. 14, 16, 1: post aliquot mea regna videns, mirabor aristas?
fields
, Verg. E. 1, 70; cf. id. G. 1, 124; 3, 476: regna videt pauper Nasamon errantia vento,
his cottages
, Luc. 9, 458 al.: haec regna, these realms, i. e. of the dead, Verg. A. 6, 417.— 2. Regna = reges, Stat. Th. 12, 380.