regulus.
petty king, prince; Regulus (Roman consul captured by Carthaginians);
Meaning & usage
A petty king, kinglet
kinglet (bird), wren
a basilisk; a venomous serpent
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *rēgelos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵelós. Equivalent to rēx (“king”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos).
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