regalitas

Latin

Etymology

Classical rēgālis (“regal, royal”) +‎ -tās (“-ty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reːˈɡaː.li.taːs/, [reːˈɡäːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈɡa.li.tas/, [reˈɡäːlit̪äs]

Noun

rēgālitās f (genitive rēgālitātis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. royal dignity, royalty, regality
2. regality, majesty (an honorific title of kings)
   • 1219 November, Raymond and Donato de Pinibus (citizens of La Reole), edited by Walter Waddington Shirley, Royal and Other Historical Letters Illustrative of the Reign of Henry III. from the Originals in the Public Record Office (Rerum Britannicarum Medii Ævi Scriptores, or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages; 27), volumes I: 1216–1235, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, published 1862, letter XLV (Royal Letters № 1,043), page 53:

     Noverit ergo vestra excellentia dominum archiepiscopum Auxitanum fuisse quamplurimum gratulatum de literis, quas sibi vestra dignata est regalitas delegare; et cum prius esset curiosus, nunc multo fit curiosior in vestris negotiis pertractandis.

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Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rēgālitās	rēgālitātēs
Genitive	rēgālitātis	rēgālitātum
Dative	rēgālitātī	rēgālitātibus
Accusative	rēgālitātem	rēgālitātēs
Ablative	rēgālitāte	rēgālitātibus
Vocative	rēgālitās	rēgālitātēs

Derived terms

• dō in rēgālitātem
• rēgālitātis sēdēs
• rēgālitātēs
• teneō in rēgālitātem

 

Descendants

• → English: regality
• → French: régalité
• Italian: regalità
• Old French: roialté, roiauté
• → Romanian: regalitate

Further reading

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “regalitas”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• regalitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• regalitas in Ramminger, Johann (2024 May 27 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016