res publica

[reys poo-bli-kah, reez puhb-li-kuh, reys]

Latin.

1. the state; republic; commonwealth.

res publica

/ ˈreɪs ˈpʊblɪˌkɑː /

noun

1. the state, republic, or commonwealth

Word History and Origins

Origin of res publica¹

Literally, “public matter”

Word History and Origins

Origin of res publica¹

Latin, literally: the public thing

Example Sentences

No European settlement, order, empire, commonwealth, res publica, Reich, concert, entente, axis, alliance, coalition or union lasts for ever.

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The other involved his fifteen years as a Boy Scout, developing a passion for public service—“for the res publica” is how he put it.

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I have my own issues with rights language as overly legalistic and individualistic, providing insufficient account of the moral role of the res publica.

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The res publica, the common weal, the phrase and the thought, meet one at every turn; and never were citizens more patient and tenacious combatants on their country’s behalf.

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It is concerned, as the ancients had it, with 'that which is public or common', what the Greeks called τὸ κοινόν and the Romans res publica.

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