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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INTERREX

From Latin, from inter- + rēx king.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERREX

interrex  [ˌɪntəˈrɛks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERREX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Interrex is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERREX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Interrex

The Interrex was literally a ruler "between kings" during the Roman Kingdom and the Roman Republic. He was in effect a short-term regent. The office of interrex was supposedly created following the death of Rome's first king Romulus, and thus its origin is obscured by legend. The Senate of the Roman Kingdom was at first unable to choose a new king. For the purpose of continuing the government of the city, the senate, which then consisted of one hundred members, was divided into ten decuriae; and from each of these decuriae one senator was nominated as decurio. Each of the ten decurios enjoyed in succession the regal power and its badges for five days as interrex; and if no king was appointed at the expiration of fifty days, the rotation began anew. The period during which they exercised their power was called an interregnum and at that time lasted for one year, after which Numa Pompilius was elected as the new king. After the death of each subsequent king an interrex was appointed by the senate. The interrex's function was to call a meeting of the Comitia Curiata which would elect a new king.

Definition of interrex in the English dictionary

The definition of interrex in the dictionary is a person who governs during an interregnum; provisional ruler.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERREX


Artex
ˈɑːtɛks
carex
ˈkɛərɛks
complex
ˈkɒmplɛks
Durex
ˈdjʊərɛks
ex
ɛks
flex
flɛks
forex
ˈfɒrɛks
grex
ɡrɛks
index
ˈɪndɛks
latex
ˈleɪtɛks
lex
lɛks
Lurex
ˈlʊərɛks
mirex
ˈmaɪrɛks
murex
ˈmjʊərɛks
NIREX
ˈnaɪrɛks
Pyrex
ˈpaɪrɛks
Rex
rɛks
sex
sɛks
specs
spɛks
unisex
ˈjuːnɪˌsɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERREX

interred
interregal
interreges
interregional
interregna
interregnal
interregnum
interrelate
interrelated
interrelatedly
interrelation
interrelationship
interreligious
interrenal
interring
interrobang
interrogable
interrogant
interrogate
interrogatee

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERREX

annex
apex
cortex
dex
duplex
Essex
fedex
group sex
hex
Middlesex
multiplex
oral sex
prex
reflex
sorex
spandex
Sussex
tex
vertex
vortex

Synonyms and antonyms of interrex in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

interrex
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interrex
570 millions of speakers

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interrex
510 millions of speakers

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interrex
380 millions of speakers
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interrex
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интеррекс
278 millions of speakers

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interrex
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interrex
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interrex
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Campur tangan
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interrex
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interrex
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interrex
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Interrex
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interrex
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interrex
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इंटररेक्स
75 millions of speakers

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interrex
70 millions of speakers

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interrex
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Interrex
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Translator English - Ukrainian

інтеррекса
40 millions of speakers

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interrex
30 millions of speakers
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interrex
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interrex
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interrex
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERREX»

The term «interrex» is normally little used and occupies the 149.501 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERREX» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERREX»

Discover the use of interrex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to interrex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Interrex: Book of the Crow 2
Having tapped into the Crow, the Order's legendary powerhouse, Galen is charged with a force beyond anything he, or his apprentice, Raffi have ever known.
Catherine Fisher, 2011
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A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities, ed. by W. Smith
cinn senators met without the plebeinn members to elect an interrex. (Liv. iv. 43 ; vi. 41 ; Cic pro Homo, 14; Niebuhr, ii. p. 429 j Walter, p. 80. 99.) For this reason, as well as on account of the influence which the intcrrcx exerted in the election of  ...
Greek antiquities, sir William Smith, 1842
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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
This condition is fully explained by the original position uf the interrex. He was then appointed by the senate, when the auspices had lapsed to the palra through the vacancy of the regular patrician magistracy (uuspii:ia ad pati-a rcdeitnt) ; and  ...
Sir William Smith, William Wayte, George Eden Marindin, 1901
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A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Interrex (in Greekhistorions, utao0aai\evs), Interregnum. The fundamental principle of the Roman constitution was that the popu- lus, though sovereign, could only act through its representatives the magistrates; and hence when the regular ...
William Smith, Francis Warre Cornish, 1898
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A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: ...
The comitia were hardly ever held by the first interrex ; more usually by the second or third ; but in one instance we read of an eleventh, and in another of a fourteenth interrex. The interreges under the republic, at least from b. c. 482, were  ...
Sir William Smith, 1868
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Rank and Participation in the Republican Senate
In his attempt to elucidate the duties of the princeps, Willems overlooked the fact that Flaccus seems to have been interrex primus proditus in 82.437 If the first interrex was named by sortition, then the lot in 82 produced a very great coincidence ...
‎1998
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A school dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities: abridged ...
ISTHMIA. and in another of a fourteenth interrex. The interreges under the republic, at least from b. c. 482, were elected by the senate from the whole body, and were not confined to the decem primi or ten chief senators, as under the kings.
Sir William Smith, Charles Anthon, 1846
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Roman Public Life
patrician magistrate.1 Hence, when a sudden occasion arose for* the appointment of an interrex, it was the duty of the Senate to give notice to the patrician magistrates and to request them to retire from office.2 The plebeian magistrates still ...
Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge, 1901
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The Archaic Community of the Romans
Gaecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica became the only recorded plebeian interrex. By birth he was a patrician Cornelius. The first interrex or, at least, the identity of the first interrex is very likely apocryphal. The fifteen clans whose members ...
Robert E. A. Palmer, 1970
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Public Office in Early Rome: Ritual Procedure and Political ...
Scipio represented the only instance of an appointment without attested tenure of curule office; Magdelain therefore discounted Scipio as "un cas douteux" and suggested a possible identification of the interrex as the magister equitum of 362.
Roberta Stewart, 1998

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