restis

restis īs, acc.restim (rarely em, Iu.), abl.reste, f

CART-, a rope, cord : descendunt statuae re stemque sequuntur, Iu.: restim ductans saltabis (in a chain-dance), T.: per manūs reste datā, L.—Prov.: Ad restim res rediit, I am driven to the rope , i. e. might as well hang myself , T.