REGULUS


Meaning of REGULUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈre-gyə-ləs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, petty king, from reg-, rex king — more at royal

Date: 1559

1. capitalized : a first-magnitude star in the constellation Leo

2.

[Medieval Latin, metallic antimony, from Latin]

: the more or less impure mass of metal formed beneath the slag in smelting and reducing ores

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