王
解説 Definition
ラテン語で「王」を意味する。英語では主に称号や比喩的表現で使われる。
A rex is a king or male ruler, especially when the Latin title is retained in a name, inscription, historical discussion, or figurative expression. It is not the usual everyday English word for a king.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
rex はラテン語で「王」。英語の日常語 king よりも、称号・学術的名称・比喩で見かける語です。「統治」を表す reg- の仲間として regal「王の」、regime「体制」と結びつけ、T. rex の rex も「王」の意味だと覚えると定着します。
Remember rex as the Latin word for “king,” preserved in English mainly in titles, learned expressions, names, and figurative uses. It is more specialized than the ordinary word king. Connect its reg- root with regal, meaning “royal,” and regime, a system of rule. The familiar name Tyrannosaurus rex also helps: rex identifies it as the “king” of the tyrant lizards. Picture a ruler guiding and governing a realm whenever you encounter this compact Latin title.
例文
Rex appears in British legal case names when the monarch is a king.
英国では君主が国王である場合、刑事事件の事件名にRexが現れます。
The Latin inscription describes him as rex.
そのラテン語の碑文は彼をrex、つまり王と記しています。
In ordinary English, we say king rather than rex.
通常の英語では、rexではなくkingを使います。
rex の類義語・関連語
rex の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語の rex はラテン語 rex「王」からの借用で、さらに regere「まっすぐ導く・支配する」にさかのぼります。人々を正しく導く者が王という発想で、意味の芯は「導くこと＝治めること」です。regal や regime も同じ語根です。
English borrowed rex directly from Latin rēx, meaning “king.” The Latin noun is related to regere, “to direct, guide, or rule,” reflecting the association between giving direction and governing. The same Indo-European root appears in English words connected with kingship or government, including regal and regime. In modern English, rex survives chiefly as a Latin title, a component of names, and a figurative label rather than as the normal word for a monarch.
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