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rēs (1) 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 populiR.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 .