rēgālis — Lewis & Short
rēgālis, e. adj.rex,
I of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.
I Lit.
A Adj.: regalis corporis custodias agere, Naev. ap. Non. p. 323, 1: genus civitatis. Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 41; id. Leg. 3, 7, 15; cf.: res publica, id. Rep. 3, 35, 47:
nomen,id. ib. 2, 30, 53 (shortly afterwards:
nomen regis): imperium,id. ib. 1, 38, 60:
sceptrum,Ov. M. 5, 422:
domus,id. ib. 1, 171:
praesidium,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30:
nomisma,id. ib. 2, 1, 234:
virtus et sapientia,Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 24:
quiddam praestans et regale,id. ib. 1, 45, 69; cf.:
ut sapere, sic divinare regale ducebant,id. Div. 1, 40, 89: virgo, a king's daughter, Ov. A. A. 1, 697.—Poet.:
comae,i. e. of Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 75:
carmen,treating of kings, Ov. P. 4, 16, 9:
scriptum,id. Tr. 2, 553:
situs pyramidum,Hor. C. 3, 30, 2: regalia fulmina, quorum vi tangitur vel comitium vel principalia urbis liberae loca, quorum significatio regnum civitati minatur, Caecin. ap. Sen. Q. N. 2, 49, 2.— Comp.:
regum rex regalior,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 45. — Sup.:
munus, quod regalissimum est,Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 2, 30. —
B Subst.: rēgāles, ĭum, m.
1 Those belonging to a royal family, princes of the blood royal, basilikoi/:
regales decem,Amm. 16, 12, 26; so Cod. Th. 7, 19; cf. Gramm. ap. Putsch. p. 2205.—
2 REGALIVM ORDO, an unexplained phrase in an inscr. at Formiae, Inscr. Orell. 3884.—
C Subst.: rēgālĭa, ĭum, the residence of the king, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 30; 11, 17.—
Hence, trop.: animae regalia in capite,Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 8, 56.—
II Transf., usual with kings, worthy of a king, regal, splendid:
ornatus,Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69:
sententia,id. Off. 1, 13, 38:
luxus,Verg. A. 1, 637:
cultus,Hor. C. 4, 9, 15:
divitiae,id. Ep. 1, 12, 6:
impendia,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110:
animus,Liv. 27, 19 et saep.—Hence, adv.: rēgā-lĭter, royally, regally; in a good sense, splendidly, magnificently:
sacrificio regaliter Minervae confecto,Liv. 42, 51, 2:
revocatus,Amm. 30, 1. 4. — Comp.:
postea vero regalius initiabatur,Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 1, 7.—
2 In a bad sense, despotically, domineeringly:
precibus minas regaliter addere,Ov. M. 2, 397:
turgidus,Amm. 29, 1, 18.