LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

rēgulāris

rēgulāris (neuter rēgulāre, adverb rēgulāriter)
Classical[reː.ɡʊˈɫaː.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[re.ɡuˈlaː.ris]

Meaning

  1. two terminationductile (able to be formed into a bar)
  2. two terminationcontaining rules
  3. two terminationregular
  4. two terminationcanonical

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerēgulārisrēgulārisrēgulāre
genitiverēgulārisrēgulārisrēgulāris
dativerēgulārīrēgulārīrēgulārī
accusativerēgulāremrēgulāremrēgulāre
ablativerēgulārīrēgulārīrēgulārī
vocativerēgulārisrēgulārisrēgulāre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerēgulārēsrēgulārēsrēgulāria
genitiverēgulāriumrēgulāriumrēgulārium
dativerēgulāribusrēgulāribusrēgulāribus
accusativerēgulārīs
rēgulārēs		rēgulārīs
rēgulārēs		rēgulāria
ablativerēgulāribusrēgulāribusrēgulāribus
vocativerēgulārēsrēgulārēsrēgulāria

rēgŭlāris, e, adj. regula, I. B. 1.
I. Of or belonging to a bar: aes, that can be formed into bars; called also aes ductile, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. 16, 20, 7.—
II. Containing rules for guidance: libri regulares, quos diaeteticos vocant, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 145.— Adv.: rēgŭlārĭter (acc. to regula, II.), according to rule, regularly (late Lat.): dicere, Dig. 15, 3, 3, § 2; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20; Mart. Cap. 9, § 898: praeterita vestigia regulariter recurrere, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 29.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*regō
  4. Latinrēgulāris

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin rēgula Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin rēgulāris From rēgula + -āris.

Descendants
  • Catalanregular
  • Frenchrégulierfrom Old French reguler
  • Englishregularfrom Old French reguler
  • Germanregulär
  • Italianregolare
  • Portugueseregular
  • Romanianregular
  • Spanishregular
  • Galicianregular

Quick answers

What does rēgulāris mean in Latin?
rēgulāris, a adjective, means “ductile (able to be formed into a bar); containing rules; regular”.
How do you pronounce rēgulāris?
In classical Latin, [reː.ɡʊˈɫaː.rɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [re.ɡuˈlaː.ris].
Where does rēgulāris come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti → Proto-Italic *regō → Latin rēgulāris.