English → Latin
“royal” in Latin
rēgiuskingly, regal, royal (of or pertaining to a king); magnificent, splendid, distinguished (worthy of a king)rēxking, ruler; despot, tyrant (during the time of the Republic when there were no kings and executive power was usually dirēgālisregal, royal; of or pertaining to a kingisthis or that man, woman or thing; he, she, it, they (previously introduced); this or that [man, woman or thing] (as a no
The English word royal itself goes back to Latin rēx, through rēgālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
royal
regius, or the genitive, regis (of or belonging to a king, that relates to his person or dignity): regalis (worthy of a king, fit for a king. ☞ This distinction is always observed by good prose writers; in Cic., Tusc., 1, 48, 116, and Nep., Eum., 13, 3, ornatus regius is the ornament which belongs to the king; but in Cic., De Fin., 2, 21, 69, ornatus regalis is ornament as rich as that of a king; again, cultus regius, Sall., Cat., 37, 4, is magnificence such as a king has or ought to have; but Hor., Od., 4, 9, 15, cultus regalis is only magnificence like that of a king; sententia regia is an opinion, sentence of a king; sententia regalis, noble, worthy of a king). The royal family, reges; *domus regia.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for royal?
- The usual Latin words for “royal” are rēgius, rēx, rēgālis; also is. 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.