reign (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. regnum (sovereignty, royal power)2. impĕrium (supreme power3. princĭpātus, ūs (the supremacy of the chief man in the state)4. dŏmĭnātio5. The best authors avoid the preced. words when duration or date of time is spoken of, and employ phr. • reign (subs.): 1. regnum (sovereignty, royal power): the preceding r. had not been very prosperous in one respect, proximum r. ab una parte haud satis prosperum fuerat, Liv. 1, 32: the beginning of the r. of Superbus, initium regni Superbi, Cic. Rep. 2, 15. 2. impĕrium (supreme power: esp. of an emperor): in the seventh month of his r., imperii mense septimo, Suet. Galb. 23: at the outset of his r., in initio imperii, id. Dom. 20. 3. princĭpātus, ūs (the supremacy of the chief man in the state): Nero, throughout his r. the enemy of mankind, Nero, toto p. suo hostis generis humani, Plin. 7, 8, 6: at the beginning of his r., ad, inter, initia principatus, Suet. Tib. 7; id. Dom. 3. 4. dŏmĭnātio: v. rule. 5. The best authors avoid the preced. words when duration or date of time is spoken of, and employ phr.: in the fourth year of the r. of Tarquin, quartum jam annum regnante Tarquinio, Cic. Rep. 2, 15: in the 38th year of his r., duodequadragesimo anno ex quo regnare coeperat, Liv. 1, 40, init.: in the r. of Ancus, Anco regnante, id. 1, 34: he is now in the 23rd year of his r., jam tertium et vicesimum annum regnat, Cic. Manil. 3, 7: of an emperor: in the r. of Tiberius, Tiberio imperitante, Tac. A. 15, 44. Phr.: "the r. of terror," *d. atrocissima (Kr.): or perh. better "tempora illa saevitiae," Juv. 4, 150.