regularis

See also: reguláris

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti

Proto-Italic *regō

Latin regō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom

Latin -ula

Latin rēgula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin rēgulāris

From rēgula + -āris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡʊˈɫaː.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [re.ɡuˈlaː.ris]

Adjective

rēgulāris (neuter rēgulāre, adverb rēgulāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. ductile (able to be formed into a bar)
2. containing rules
3. regular
4. canonical

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	rēgulāris	rēgulāre		rēgulārēs	rēgulāria
genitive	rēgulāris			rēgulārium
dative	rēgulārī			rēgulāribus
accusative	rēgulārem	rēgulāre		rēgulārīs rēgulārēs	rēgulāria
ablative	rēgulārī			rēgulāribus
vocative	rēgulāris	rēgulāre		rēgulārēs	rēgulāria

Derived terms

• irrēgulāris

Descendants

• → Catalan: regular
• → Old French: reguler
  • French: régulier
  • → Middle English: reguler
    • English: regular
• → Galician: regular
• → German: regulär
• → Italian: regolare
• → Portuguese: regular
• → Romanian: regular
• → Spanish: regular

Verb

rēgulāris

1. second-person singular present passive indicative of rēgulō

References

• “regularis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "regularis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “regularis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.