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rēgŭla, ae, f. [rego], a straight piece of wood, ruler, rule (class.; cf.: norma, libella).

  1. I. Lit.: atque si id crederemus, non egeremus perpendiculis, non normis, non regulis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 163, 2; cf. (with linea): perpendiculum, and norma, Vitr. 7, 3: materiam ad regulam et libellam exigere, Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188; Col. 3, 13, 11 sq.: hoc cum regulā exploraveris aequale, Pall. 1, 9, 2.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A straight staff; in gen., a stick, lath, bar (of wood or iron): quadratas regulas, quattuor patentes digitos, defigunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 10; Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; Col. 6, 19, 3; 6, 26, 2; 12, 50, 10; Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5; Cels. 8, 10; Vitr. 5, 10; Stat. Th. 6, 594: aurea, an ingot of gold, Vulg. Josue, 7, 21.
      2. 2. A measuringrod: in regulā, in pondere, Vulg. Lev. 19, 35.
      3. 3. In mechanics.
        1. a. Plur., the two cheeks on each side of the channel in which the dart of the catapult lay; also called bucculae, Vitr. 10, 12.
        2. b. The shank of a triglyph, Vitr. 4, 3.
        3. c. The disks of an oilpress: quod si regulis olea prematur, et praelum et suculam et regulas dominum parare oportere, Dig. 19, 2, 19, § 2.
  2. II. Trop., a rule, pattern, model, example (cf.: formula, praescriptio): fontem omnium bonorum in corpore esse: hanc normam, hanc regulam, hanc praescriptionem esse naturae, Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 140: regula, ad quam eorum dirigantur orationes, qui, etc., id. Opt. Gen. 7 fin.; id. Fin. 1, 19, 63: regula, quā vera et falsa judicarentur, id. Brut. 41, 152: nos studia nostra nostrae naturae regulā metiamur, id. Off. 1, 31, 110: (lex est) juris atque injuriae regula, id. Leg. 1, 6, 19: regula totius philosophiae, id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; cf. id. N. D. 1, 16, 43: pravissima consuetudinis regula, id. Brut. 74, 258: mediocritatis regula, id. Off. 2, 17, 59: omnium una regula est, id. ib. 3, 31, 81: emendate loquendi regula, Quint. 1, 5, 1; so, loquendi, id. 1, 7, 1: sermonis, id. 1, 6, 44: morum, Mart. 11, 2, 3 et saep.: ad legem ac regulam compositum esse, Quint. 12, 10, 50; cf.: locuti sunt ad hanc regulam, id. 9, 4, 4: habeo regulam, ut talia visa vera judicem, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58: assit Regula, peccatis quae poenas irroget aequas, Hor. S. 1, 3, 118: secundam regulam nostram, Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 15; cf. id. ib. v. 13, 16; id. Phil. 3, 16.
    In plur. (only late Lat.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 142; Cod. Just. 1, 17, 2, § 10; Arn. 1, n. 59: regulae credendi, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 4, 9 init.

rēgŭlāris, e, adj. [regula, I. B. 1.]

  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.
  2. 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.

rēgŭlātim, adv. [id. II.], according to rule, regularly (late Lat.), Diom. p. 402 P.; Veg. Vet. 2, 41 fin.

* rēgŭlo, āre, v. a. [id. II.], to direct, regulate: regulantur, sive diriguntur eorum virtutes, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 4.

1. rēgŭlus, i, m. dim. [rex].

  1. I. The ruler of a small country (Gr. δυνάστης), a petty king, prince, chieftain, lord (freq. in the historians; not in Cæs. or Cic.): regulos se acceptos in fidem in Hispaniā reges reliquisse, Liv. 37, 25; Sall. J. 11, 2; Liv. 5, 38; 27, 4; 29, 4 al.: Cilicum reguli, Tac. A. 2, 80; id. Agr. 24; Suet. Calig. 5; Vulg. Josue, 13, 3 al.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of the king-bee, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 18.
    2. B. A king’s son, a prince (cf. rex and regina), Liv. 42, 24, 10; 45, 14, 6 al.
    3. C. A small bird, Auct. Carm. Phil. 13.
    4. D. A kind of serpent, Hier. in Isa. 16, 59, 6; Vulg. Prov. 23, 32; id. Isa. 30, 6.

2. Rēgŭlus, i, m., a Roman surname.

  1. I. Of the Atilii, among whom was the celebrated consul M. Atilius Regulus, who was taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99; id. Fin. 2, 20, 65; Sen. Prov. 4, 5; cf. Gell. 6, 4, 1 sqq.; Sen. Prov. 3, 4 and 9 sqq.
  2. II. Of the Livineii, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3; Cic. Fam. 13, 60, 1; id. Att. 3, 17, 1.
  3. III. Another, called by Modestus omnium bipedum nequissimus, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 14.
  4. IV. Aquilius Regulus, Tac. A. 3, 42.