res publica

See also: respublica

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin rēs pūblica. Doublet of republic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹeɪz ˈpʊblɪkə/

Noun

res publica (uncountable)

1. The common good, as identified with the wider state; the commonwealth, the body politic.
   • 1997, Herwig Wolfram, The Roman Empire and its Germanic Peoples, page 190:

     At the same time the Roman-barbarian regna distinguished themselves from the res publica.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 402:

     There was no question as yet of republicanism being on the agenda, other than in the old, weak sense of a res publica or commonwealth to which both ruler and ruled owed allegiance.

Latin

Noun

rēs pūblica f (genitive reī pūblicae); fifth declension

1. Alternative form of rēspūblica

Declension

Fifth-declension noun with a first-declension adjective.

	singular	plural
nominative	rēs pūblica	rēs pūblicae
genitive	reī pūblicae	rērum pūblicārum
dative	reī pūblicae	rēbus pūblicīs
accusative	rem pūblicam	rēs pūblicās
ablative	rē pūblicā	rēbus pūblicīs
vocative	rēs pūblica	rēs pūblicae