interregnum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

inter-rēgnum ī, n

an interval between two reigns, interregnum: interregni ineundi ratio: id ab re interregnum appellatum, L.—In the republic, a vacancy in the consulate (between the death or departure of the consuls and the choice of their successors): res ad interegnum venit: interregnum inire, to become interrex, L.

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