rex – English noun declension

English noun forms of rex

Noun: rex
Singularrex
Pluralrexes

Sample Sentences

  • And though the sturdy patrician nobility had already gained ground, though the reges attempted gradually to enlarge the scope of their functions—all this does not change the elementary and fundamental character of the constitution, and this alone is essential. [1902, Frederick Engels, translated by Ernest Untermann, “Gens and State in Rome”, in The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Chicago, Ill.: Charles H[ope] Kerr & Company, →OCLC, page 155:]

Nouns inflected like rex

rex,

Etymology

From Latin rēx (“king”), referring originally to rabbits of the Belgian "castorrex" breed, so named because their fur was similar to that of beavers. Entered English around 1920. Doublet of rajah and roy. See: Latin Nouns 'rēx'.