regia

See also: regía, régia, and règia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈʒi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈd͡ʒi.a]

Verb

regia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of regir

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /reˈd͡ʒi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: re‧gì‧a

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

1. (film) direction
2. (theater, television, etc.) direction, production
3. organization, direction

Related terms

• regista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒa
• Hyphenation: rè‧gia

Adjective

regia

1. feminine singular of regio

Noun

regia f (plural regie)

1. Alternative form of reggia

Further reading

• regia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• regia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• regia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• regia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• regìa, règia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• regìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Graie, agire, egira, eriga, giare, ragie, reagì

Latin

Pronunciation

• rēgia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.a/, [ˈreːɡiä]
• rēgia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒiä]
• rēgiā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.aː/, [ˈreːɡiäː]
• rēgiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒiä]

Etymology 1

Substantive noun from an ellipsis of the collocative term domus regia ("royal home/dwelling/abode"), itself from domus (“house, home, abode, dwelling”) and rēgius (“of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal”). Compare origin of Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ, “basilica”), from Byzantine Greek term βασιλική στοά (basilikḗ stoá, “royal building”).

Noun

rēgia f (genitive rēgiae); first declension

1. A royal palace, castle, fortress, residence; court; kingship.
2. The royal tent in a camp.
3. A royal city, capital.
4. A roofed colonnade, portico, hall.
5. The central entrance to a theatre.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rēgia	rēgiae
Genitive	rēgiae	rēgiārum
Dative	rēgiae	rēgiīs
Accusative	rēgiam	rēgiās
Ablative	rēgiā	rēgiīs
Vocative	rēgia	rēgiae

Descendants

• Italian: reggia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of rēgius (“of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal”).

Adjective

rēgia

1. inflection of rēgius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

rēgiā

1. ablative feminine singular of rēgius

Derived terms

• aqua regia

References

• “regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• regia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “regia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “regia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• “regia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “regia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [heˈʒi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [heˈʒi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [χeˈʒi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.a/ [heˈʒi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈʒi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧gi‧a

Verb

regia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of reger

Anagrams

• gerai, geria, regai

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrexja/ [ˈre.xja]
• Rhymes: -exja
• Syllabification: re‧gia

Adjective

regia

1. feminine singular of regio