Latin noun
rēs
rēs, reī f.
rēs is a Latin noun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “matter” (once), “of things” (once) and “the accounts” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from rēs to the words it goes with.
Quae divina res dum conficiebatur, quaesivit a me vellemne secum in castra proficisci.
While this divine matter was being concluded, he asked me whether I wanted to set out with him into the camp.
res: subject of the passive conficiebatur.
Tiberii Gaique et Claudii ac Neronis res florentibus ipsis ob metum falsae, postquam occiderant recentibus odiis compositae sunt.
The histories of Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius and Nero were falsified out of fear while they were in power, and after they had fallen were written up under the influence of fresh hatred.
res: subject of the passive falsae.
…pondus iners congestaque eodem non bene iunctarum discordia semina rerum
Before the sea and lands and the heaven which covers all things, there was one face of nature in the whole world, which they called chaos: a rude and undigested mass, and nothing but inert weight and the discordant seeds of things not well joined together, heaped together in the same place.
rerum: goes with semina (“of …”).
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| rerum | Genitive · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
| res | Nominative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| res | Nominative · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to rēs by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the genitiveThe Latin genitive ties one noun to another, where English says “of” or adds ’s. Its uses and endings, with real lines from the story of Perseus and Genesis.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.