noun

inter-rex

gen. inter-rēgis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

one who held the regal office between the death of one king and the election of another; a regent; interrex

one who held the regal office between the death of one king and the election of another; a regent, interrex, Liv. 1, 17; 1, 32.—

one who held the supreme power from the death or absence of the chief magistrates till the election of new ones ••

During the times of the republic, one who held the supreme power from the death or absence of the chief magistrates till the election of new ones: L. Flaccus interrex legem de Sulla tulit, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 5; id. Leg. 1, 15, 42; id. Dom. 14, 38: prodere, to nominate, appoint, id. Agr. 3, 2, 5: creare, Liv. 5, 31, 8: infestam patribus plebem interreges cum accepissent, id. 7, 21.

Perseus ID: n24432 Key: interrex