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1. rēgŭlus, i, m. dim. [rex].

  1. I. The ruler of a small country (Gr. δυνάστης), a petty king, prince, chieftain, lord (freq. in the historians; not in Cæs. or Cic.): regulos se acceptos in fidem in Hispaniā reges reliquisse, Liv. 37, 25; Sall. J. 11, 2; Liv. 5, 38; 27, 4; 29, 4 al.: Cilicum reguli, Tac. A. 2, 80; id. Agr. 24; Suet. Calig. 5; Vulg. Josue, 13, 3 al.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of the king-bee, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 18.
    2. B. A king’s son, a prince (cf. rex and regina), Liv. 42, 24, 10; 45, 14, 6 al.
    3. C. A small bird, Auct. Carm. Phil. 13.
    4. D. A kind of serpent, Hier. in Isa. 16, 59, 6; Vulg. Prov. 23, 32; id. Isa. 30, 6.

2. Rēgŭlus, i, m., a Roman surname.

  1. I. Of the Atilii, among whom was the celebrated consul M. Atilius Regulus, who was taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99; id. Fin. 2, 20, 65; Sen. Prov. 4, 5; cf. Gell. 6, 4, 1 sqq.; Sen. Prov. 3, 4 and 9 sqq.
  2. II. Of the Livineii, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3; Cic. Fam. 13, 60, 1; id. Att. 3, 17, 1.
  3. III. Another, called by Modestus omnium bipedum nequissimus, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 14.
  4. IV. Aquilius Regulus, Tac. A. 3, 42.