regalis

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning kingly
Literal translation kingly
Variants
regalis
Edited by
kingly verb

attribute of certain bright stars

Claras stellas et augusta maiestatis radiatione fulgentes in signis omnibus invenimus, sed regales in quattuor, in Leone scilicet in Scorpione in Aquario et in Tauro.

‘Bright stars and ones which glitter with majestic grandeur we find in every sign, but kingly [stars] only in four [signs]: in Leo as in Scorpio, in Aquarius and in Taurus’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.2.1

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.69

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). regalis (Lemma #1320). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1320/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). regalis (Lemma #1320). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1320/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). regalis (Lemma #1320). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1320/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) regalis (Lemma #1320), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1320/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1320,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {regalis ({Lemma} #1320)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1320/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1320/},
}