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rem publicam quaestui habereto enrich oneself at the expense of the state.Rate it:
rem publicam tueri, stabilireto defend, strengthen the state.Rate it:
rem publicam vexareto damage the state.Rate it:
remis contendereto row hard.Rate it:
remotis arbitris or secretoin private; tête-à-tête.Rate it:
repellere, propulsare hostemto repulse an attack.Rate it:
repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibusto go back to the remote ages.Rate it:
repudiare, aspernari preces alicuiusto refuse, reject a request.Rate it:
repudium dicere or scribere alicuito separate, be divorced (used of man or woman).Rate it:
repudium remittere viro (Dig. 24. 3)to separate (of the woman).Rate it:
repulsam ferre consulatus (a populo) (Tusc. 5. 19. 54)to fail in one's candidature for the consulship.Rate it:
rerum auctor (as authority)an historian.Rate it:
rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexaeconcatenation, interdependence of causes.Rate it:
rerum imaginescreatures of the imagination.Rate it:
rerum natura or simply naturacreation; nature.Rate it:
rerum or mundi universitasthe universe.Rate it:
rerum potiri(1) to usurp supreme power, (2) to be in a position of power.Rate it:
rerum scriptoran historian.Rate it:
rerum sub aspectum paene subiectio (De Or. 3. 53. 202)graphic depiction.Rate it:
rerum veterum memoriaancient history.Rate it:
res (ita) fertcircumstances make this necessary; the exigencies of the case are these.Rate it:
res (opp. verba) mihi suppetitI have abundance to say.Rate it:
res a me probaturI express my approval of a thing.Rate it:
res ad arma venitmatters have reached the fighting-stage.Rate it:
res ad extremum casum perducta estaffairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties.Rate it:
res ad gladios vēnitswords must now decide the day.Rate it:
res ad interregnum venit or adducituran interregnum ensues.Rate it:
res ad manus venitthe fighting is now at close quarters.Rate it:
res ad triarios redit (Liv. 8. 8)the triarii must now fight (proverbially = we are reduced to extremities).Rate it:
res ad victum cultumque necessariaethings indispensable to a life of comfort.Rate it:
res ad vitam necessariaethe necessaries of life.Rate it:
res adversae, afflictae, perditaemisfortune, adversity.Rate it:
res aliter cecidit ac putaveramthe result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development.Rate it:
res bene gestaa success; a glorious feat of arms.Rate it:
res civilespolitical questions.Rate it:
res cogitatione fictae or depictaecreatures of the imagination.Rate it:
res componere ac digerereto arrange and divide the subject-matter.Rate it:
res confecta estthe question is settled, finished.Rate it:
res dubiae, perditae, afflictaea critical position; a hopeless state of affairs.Rate it:
res eo or in eum locum deducta est, ut...the matter has gone so far that...; the state of affairs is such that...Rate it:
res eo spectat, utthe matter tends towards..., has this object.Rate it:
res est in periculo, in summo discriminethe position is critical.Rate it:
res est multi laboris et sudoristhe matter involves much labour and fatigue.Rate it:
res externaethe world of sense, the visible world.Rate it:
res externas or humanas despicereto despise earthly things.Rate it:
res fluit ad interregnumthings seem tending towards an interregnum.Rate it:
res fortiter feliciterque gestaa success; a glorious feat of arms.Rate it:
res gestaeexploits in war; brilliant actions.Rate it:
res gestae RomanorumRoman history (i.e. the events in it).Rate it:
res gladiis geri coepta estswords must now decide the day.Rate it:

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