ad rem
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ad rem (“pertinent, relevant”), from ad (“to”) + rem, accusative of res (“matter”).
Adjective
[edit]ad rem (not comparable)
- Pertinent; relevant.
Adverb
[edit]ad rem (not comparable)
- Pertinently; to the purpose.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, New York Review of Books 2001, p.75:
- To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ad rem/, [äd̪ rɛ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad rem/, [äd̪ rɛm]
Phrase
[edit]- Pertinent; relevant.