regenai

Marrucinian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rēgīnā (“queen”). Cognate with Latin rēgīna.

Adjective

regenai (dative singular feminine)

  1. An epithet of Ceres.
    • 3rd–2nd century BCE, Rapino bronze, found in Rapino, Abruzzo, line 10:
      regen[ai] peai cerie iouia
      to Regina Pia Iovia Ceres

References
  • Glinister, Fay ((Can we date this quote?)) “The Rapino bronze, the touta marouca, and sacred prostitution in early central Italy”, in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement, number 73, →JSTOR, pages 18–38
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