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inter-regnum, i, n.,
- I. the time between the death of one king and the election of another, an interregnum: populus flagitare regem non destitit; cum . . . illi principes novam interregni ineundi rationem excogitaverunt, Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 23: id ab re, quod nunc quoque tenet nomen, interregnum appellatum, Liv. 1, 17.
- II. Transf., under the republic, the time between the death or departure of the consuls and the choice of new ones: res ad interregnum venit, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 3: rem adduci ad interregnum, id. ib. 7, 9, 2: per interregnum renovare auspicia, Liv. 5, 31, 7: interregnum inire, to become interrex, id. 3, 8.
inter-rex, rēgis, m.,
- I. one who held the regal office between the death of one king and the election of another; a regent, interrex, Liv. 1, 17; 1, 32.
- II. During the times of the republic, one who held the supreme power from the death or absence of the chief magistrates till the election of new ones: L. Flaccus interrex legem de Sulla tulit, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 5; id. Leg. 1, 15, 42; id. Dom. 14, 38: prodere, to nominate, appoint, id. Agr. 3, 2, 5: creare, Liv. 5, 31, 8: infestam patribus plebem interreges cum accepissent, id. 7, 21.