res publica
No dictionary entry for this form in Lewis & Short or Lewis Elementary, so no definition is given here — usage data below, no definition invented.
144 occurrences of this form in 17 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).
Works using this form
- Philippics
- History of Rome (Books 1–10)
- Letters to Atticus
- Letters to Friends
- De Re Publica
- The Conspiracy of Catiline
- Against Catiline (Catilinarians)
- De Officiis
- Annals
- The Jugurthine War
- Histories
- Civil War
- Letters to Lucilius
- De Oratore
- Letters
- On Tranquility of Mind
- Agricola
Example passages
…sed quoniam illis quos nominavi tot et talibus viris res publica orbata est, veniamus ad vivos qui duo de consularium numero reliqui sunt. L. Cotta, vir summo ingenio summaque prudentia, rebus eis gestis quas tu reprehendis supplicationem decrevit verbis……
…ceterum aut me amor negotii suscepti fallit, aut nulla unquam res publica nec maior nec sanctior nec bonis exemplis ditior fuit, nec in quam [ciuitatem] tam serae auaritia luxuriaque immigrauerint, nec ubi tantus ac tam diu paupertati ac parsimoniae honos fuerit.…
…adflicta res publica est empto constupratoque iudicio. vide quae sint postea consecuta. consul est impositus is nobis quem nemo praeter nos philosophos aspicere sine suspiritu posset. quantum hoc vulnus! facto senatus……