Removing the genitive singular ending -is from rēgis exposes the bound stem rēg-.
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rēgis
of a king; genitive singular of rēx
OPEN NODE 1041 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin bound lexical stem · king stemrēg-
king stem used outside the nominative singular
OPEN NODE 1042 ↗01
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The stem retains the king meaning across the inflectional paradigm.
The bound stem is evidenced by multiple Latin case forms and is not printed as an autonomous token.
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rēx — Lewis and Short Latin DictionaryHeadword rēx, rēgis, masculine
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Lexicographically exposes the genitive form used to identify the stem.
Lecture 23: Historical Linguistics — Latin rēx, rēgis, and sound changeLecture slides 75–77; transcript, p. 16
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Prints reg-is and reg-em and explicitly identifies reg- as the stem used outside the nominative.
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