real Copy link Outline I. True, genuine, not false or fictitious1. ipse (ipsus, old form), and īdem (the very person or thing), I am the r. Charmides, whom you have counterfeited, illum quem ementitus es, ego sum ipsus Charmides, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 1432. vērus3. sŏlĭdus (substantial)4. certus (about which there can be no doubt)5. germānus (genuine)6. sincērus (without alloy; unmixed, guiieless)II. In law, real property, as opposed to personal property • real: I. True, genuine, not false or fictitious: 1. ipse (ipsus, old form), and īdem (the very person or thing), I am the r. Charmides, whom you have counterfeited, illum quem ementitus es, ego sum ipsus Charmides, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 143: the r. Sosia, S. idem, id. Amph. 2, 1, 30: the r. state of the case, rem ipsam, Ter. Andr. 5, 3, 2. 2. vērus: let what is invented closely resemble the r., ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris, Hor. A. P. 338: he mixes false with r., veris falsa remiscet, ib. 151: r. fears, veri timores, Hor. Od. 1, 37, 15: r. virtue, vera virtus, id. Od. 3, 5, 29. 3. sŏlĭdus (substantial): glory is a r. thing, gloria solida res est, non adumbrata, Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3: a r., i. e. substantial benefit, solidum beneficium, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32: the r. notion of justice, solida justitiae effigies, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69. Join: solidum verumque. 4. certus (about which there can be no doubt): of r. friends you are the most r., ex amicis certis mi es certissimus, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 57: Cleanthes regards the upper air as the most. r. god, Cl. aethera certissimum deum judicat, Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37. 5. germānus (genuine): one's r. native-land, g. patria, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3: r. justice, g. justitia, id. Off. 3, 17, 69: a most r. Stoic, germanissimus Stoicus, id. Acad. 1, 43, 132: I know that I have been a r. (downright) ass, scio me asinum germanum fuisse, id. Att. 4, 5. 6. sincērus (without alloy; unmixed, guiieless): s. concordia, Tac. Ann. 3, 64: s. fides, Liv. 29, 4. Phr.: to lay hold of the r. power of a sovereign, but let alone the name, vim principis amplecti, nomen remittere, Tac. H. 4, 11: let us leave fables and turn to a r. event, dimittamus fabulas: ad rem factam veniamus, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99: a r. Christian, *vere Christianus. II. In law, real property, as opposed to personal property: fundus: Cic.: v. Dict. Ant. s. fundus: also, praedium (v. estate): res soli or res immobiles, Dig. 2, 8, 15: his property consisted of cattle and r. estates, res in pecore et locorum possessionibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16: to lay out money upon the purchase of r. property, pecunias in emtiones praediorum collocare, Dig. 17, 1, 2.