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Meaning of rex | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A2
[ˈreːks]

Definitions

  1. king, ruler
    declension-3
  2. despot, tyrant (during the time of the Republic when there were no kings and executive power was usually divided)
    declension-3, derogatory
  3. king
    Late-Latin, declension-3

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca Əlahəzrət
Čeština Jeho Veličenstvo
Cymraeg Ei Fawrhydi
Deutsch Seine Majestät
English His Majesty king
Español Su Majestad
Français Sa Majesté
Magyar őfelsége
Italiano Sua Maestà
ខ្មែរ ព្រះករុណា
Kurdî king
Bahasa Melayu baginda
Nederlands Zijne Majesteit
Português Sua Majestade
Svenska hans majestät

Examples

““Rēx erat Aenēās nōbīs quō iūstior alter”

“We had a king, Aeneas: [None] other than he was more just, nor dutiful, nor [skillful] in war and with weaponry.”

“annō tertiō rēgnī Ioachim rēgis Iuda vēnit Nabuchodonosor rēx Babylōnis Hierūsalēm et obsēdit eam”

"In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it."

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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