rex
noun
king.
reges
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pluralof rex.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Vergil's own words would imply that his early effort centered about Aeneas' wars in Italy; the sixth Eclogue, Cum canerem reges et proelia, is rather explicit on this point.
From Vergil A Biography by Tenney Frank
Eusebius says that at the beginning of the Olympiads Lacedæmoniorum reges defecerunt, which error arose from the lists ending here, which had been made for computing the preceding periods.544.Apollod. ap.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
In the meantime the Grecian army receives loss on loss, and is half destroyed by a pestilence into the bargain:- "Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi."
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden
How mad they are, how furious, and upon small occasions, rash and inconsiderate in their proceedings, how they dote, every page almost will witness, ———delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
The crine profuso and barba demissa of the reges crinitos, as the Merovingians were called, are often referred to by ancient chroniclers.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
