rēs reī, f
RA-,
a thing, object, matter, affair, business, event, fact, circumstance,
occurrence, deed, condition, case
: divinarum humanarumque rerum cognitio: te ut ulla res
frangat?: relictis rebus suis omnibus: rem omnibus narrare: si res
postulabit,
the case
: re bene gestā: scriptor rerum suarum,
annalist
: neque est ulla res, in quā, etc.: magna
res principio statim belli,
a great advantage
, L.: Nil admirari prope res est una,
quae, etc.,
the only thing
, H.: rerum, facta est pulcherrima Roma,
the most beautiful thing in the world
, V.: fortissima rerum animalia,
O.: dulcissime rerum, H.—
A circumstance, condition
: In' in malam rem,
go to the bad
, T.: mala res,
a wretched condition
, S.: res secundae,
good-fortune
, H.: prosperae res, N.:
in secundissimis rebus: adversa belli res,
L.: dubiae res, S.—In
phrases with
e or pro
: E re natā melius fieri haud potuit,
after what has happened
, T.: pro re natā,
according to circumstances
: consilium pro tempore et pro re capere,
as circumstances should require
, Cs.: pro re pauca loquar,
V.: ex re et ex tempore.—With an
adj. in circumlocution: abhorrens ab re
uxoriā<*>
matrimony
, T.: in arbitrio rei uxoriae,
dowry
: belhcam rem administrari,
a battle
: pecuaria res et rustica,
cattle
: liber de rebus rusticis,
agriculture
: res frumentaria,
forage
, Cs.: res iudiciaria,
the administration of justice
: res ludicra,
play
, H.: Veneris res, O.—
A subject, story, events, facts, history
: cui lecta potenter erit res, H.:
agitur res in scaenis, H.: res populi
R. perscribere, L.: res Persicae,
history
, N.—
An actual thing, reality, verity, truth, fact
: ipsam rem loqui, T.: nihil est aliud in re,
in fact
, L.: se ipsa res aperit, N.:
quantum distet argumentatio tua ab re
ipsā.—Abl
adverb., in fact, in truth, really, actually
: eos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt: verbo
permittere, re hortari: hoc verbo ac simulatione Apronio, re verā tibi
obiectum: haec ille, si verbis non audet, re quidem verā palam loquitur:
venit, specie ut indutiae essent, re verā ad petendum veniam,
L.—
Effects, substance, property, possessions, estate
: et re salvā et perditā,
T.: talentūm rem decem,
T.: res eos iampridem, fides nuper deficere coepit: in
tenui re,
in narrow circumstances
, H.: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus: privatae
res.—
A benefit, profit, advantage, interest, weal
: Quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
is concerned
, T.: Si in remst utrique, ut fiant,
if it is a good thing for both
, T.: in rem fore credens universos
adpellare,
useful
, S.: imperat quae in rem sunt,
L.: Non ex re istius,
not for his good
, T.: contra rem suam me venisse questus est:
minime, dum ob rem,
to the purpose
, T.: ob rem facere,
advantageously
, S.: haec haud ab re duxi referre,
irrelevant
, L.: non ab re esse,
useless
, L.—
A cause, reason, ground, account
.—In the phrase, eā re,
therefore
: illud eā re a se esse concessum, quod,
etc.; see also quā re, quam ob rem.—
An affair, matter of business, business
: multa inter se communicare et de re Gallicanā:
tecum mihi res est,
my business is
: erat res ei cum exercitu,
he had to deal
: cum his mihi res sit,
let me attend to
, Cs.: quocum tum uno rem habebam,
had relations
, T.—
A case in law, lawsuit, cause, suit, action
: utrum rem an litem dici oporteret: quarum rerum litium
causarum condixit pater patratus, L. (old form.): capere
pecunias ob rem iudicandam.—
An affair, battle, campaign, military operation
: res gesta virtute: ut res gesta est narrabo
ordine, T.: his rebus gestis,
Cs.: bene rem gerere, H.: res gestae,
military achievements
, H.—Of the state, in the phrase, res publica (often
written respublica, res p.),
the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic
: dum modo calamitas a rei p. periculis seiungatur: si re p.
non possis frui, stultum nolle privatā,
public life
: egestates tot egentissimorum hominum nec privatas posse res
nec rem p. sustinere: auguratum est, rem Romanam p. summam fore: paene
victā re p.: rem p. delere.—In the phrase, e re
publicā,
for the good of the state, for the common weal, in the public interests
: senatūs consultis bene et e re p. factis: uti e
re p. fideque suā videretur. —Plur:
hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum p.: utiliores rebus suis
publicis esse.—Without
publica, the state, commonwealth, government
: Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap.
C.: Hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam Sistet,
V.: nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam
fuisse, L.: res Asiae evertere,
V.: Custode rerum Caesare,
H.—In the phrase, rerum potiri,
to obtain the sovereignty, control the government
: qui rerum potiri volunt: dum ea (civitas) rerum potita
est,
become supreme
.—In the phrase, res novae,
political change, revolution
.
