Queen

English-Latin

queen, n.

1. The wife of a king.
   • regina (-ae, fem.)
2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch.
   • regina (-ae, fem.)
3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; — also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
   • regina (-ae, fem.)
4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
   • rex (regis, masc.)
   • regina (-ae, fem.)

     ¶ The Roman idiom is to refer to it as male, though modern usage may 'correct' it.

queen, v. intrans.

1. To act the part of a queen.
   • reginam agere

queen, v. trans.

1. chess To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row.
   • reginā mutare