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“monarchical” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

monarchical
regius (☞ not monarchicus): a monarchical constitution, is reipublicae status, quem penes unum est omnium summa rerum (after Cic., de Rep., 1, 26, 42): regale civitatis genus: to have a monarchical constitution, to be monarchical (of subjects), regi (regibus) parere, sub rege (regibus) esse (☞ Unius consilio et cura gubernari would here be quite wrong; this can be said only of the state, not of the subjects): sub tyranni regno esse (to be under a monarch; Justinus): to introduce a monarchical constitution, regnum ac diadema uni deferre (Hor., Od., 2, 2, 22): a monarchical state, civitas quae unius dominatu teuetur.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for monarchical?
The usual Latin words for “monarchical” are rēgius, rēx, parō; also Iūstīnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.