This table was compiled from multiple sources on the Internet; in other words, it's guaranteed to be inaccurate. Caveat lector!
| Radicitus, comes! | Really rad, dude! |
| Radix lecti. | Couch potato. |
| Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas | The love of money is the root of all evil. Avarice is the problem, money itself is not evil |
| Raptus regaliter. | Royally screwed. |
| Rara avis | Rare bird. Rarity. |
| Ratio decidendi | Reason for the decision -- the legal, moral, political, and social principles used by a court to compose the rationale of a judgment. |
| Ratio et consilium propriae ducis artes | Reason and deliberation are the proper skills of a general |
| Ratio legis | Legal foundation. |
| Ratio legis est anima legis | The reason of the law is the soul of the law |
| Ratio scripta | Written reason, the assessment of Roman law commonly held in the Medieval period |
| Re | In the matter of (ablative of res 'thing') -- often used in e-mail replies. It is a common misconception that the "Re:" in e-mail replies stands for "reply" or "response". The use of Latin "re", in the sense of "about, concerning", is English usage. Whether to leave it in Latin or to translate it may depend on the usage of the target language; but the Internet norm is to leave it in Latin. See also discussion page. |
| Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert | Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn |
| Re vera, potas bene | Say, you sure are drinking a lot |
| Rebus sic stantibus | Matters standing thus -- The doctrine that treaty obligations hold only as long as the fundamental conditions and expectations that existed at the time of their creation hold. Contrast to pacta sunt servanda. |
| Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! | Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business. |
| Recte faciendo securus | Safe, by right doing |
| Recti cultus pectora roborant | Sound learning strengthens the spirit |
| Recto | On the right |
| Redde Caesari quae sunt Caesaris | Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's |
| Redivivus | Come back to life |
| Redolet lvcernam | It smells of the lamp. Critical remark that one worked too hard on something. |
| Reductio ad absurdum | Reduction to absurdity -- a technique of argument that proves the thesis by showing that its opposite is absurd or logically untenable. This is an oft-used method of proof in mathematics and philosophy. |
| Referendum | Something to be referred |
