de re

British  

/ ˈdeɪ ˈreɪ /

adjective

1. logic philosophy (of a belief, possibility, etc) relating to the individual rather than to an expression, as the necessity of the number of wonders of the world is prime since that number, seven, is necessarily prime Compare de dicto

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Etymology

Origin of de re

literally: about the thing

Example Sentences

Litterae quoque de re prospere gesta ad senatum, non ad Dictatorem missae argumentum fuere minima cum eo communicantis laudes.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Qua de re luculentissimum ille testimonium edidit epistola 764, tom.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various

Bermannus, sive de re metallica dialogus, the first attempt to reduce to scientific order the knowledge won by practical work, brought Agricola into notice.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Hac de re pro me spondebit M. Agrippa.

From Average Jones by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

In the fourth book, Lucretius, alluding to the merits of his own work, says, “Deinde, quod obscurâ de re tam lucida pango Carmina, Musæo contingens cuncta lepore.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John