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diēs, -eī, m.
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day
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faciēs, -eī, f.
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appearance; face
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fidēs, -eī, f. (*)
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faith, trust, belief
Note: Fidēs can also mean trustworthiness, pledge, safe-conduct, protection. With the preposition "in", in either the accusative or ablative, it means "under the protection of". Dianae sumus in fidē. We are under the protection of Diana. Graecī in fidem pupulī Rōmānī vēnērunt. The Greeks came under the protection of the Roman People. |
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humus, -ī, f.
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ground, earth, soil
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rēs, reī, f. (*)
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thing, affair, fact
Note: Rēs almost never can be translated "thing", which is nevertheless the only English word which comes close to covering it wide range of meanings which include circumstances, reality, property, benefit, lawsuit, business, art, and science. Some idioms which illustrate its meanings: rēs publica republic, commonwealth dē rē rūsticā about the bsiness (science, art) of farming rēs novae revolution, political change rēs secundae favorable circumstances, prosperity carmen dē rērum nātūrā a poem about the nature of the universe rē vērā in actual fact, really ex tuā (meā, suā, etc.) rē to your (my, his, her, their, etc.) own advantage summa rēs (sometimes abbrevited to summa) sum-total, the bottom line omnibus rēbus in all respects Fac tuam rem. Mind your own business. |
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rūs, rūris, n.
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country, countryside;
country place |
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speciēs, -eī, f.
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sight, appearance, show;
kind |
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spēs, -eī, f.
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hope, expectation
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publicus, -a, -um
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public, belonging to the people (populus)
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rūsticus, -a, -um
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of the country, of farming
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