reference Copy link Outline 1. rătio2. rĕlātio (rare in this sense3. lŏcus (a place in a book)4. expr. most freq. by various phrr. • reference: 1. rătio: with r. to our annals, ad nostrorum annalium rationem, Cic. Brut. 13, 49: without any r. to divine things, sine ulla divina ratione, id. N. D. 3, 35, 85: v. respect. 2. rĕlātio (rare in this sense: only as a phil. and gram. t. t.): in r. to something, ex r. ad aliquid, Quint. 8, 4, 21. 3. lŏcus (a place in a book): v. passage. 4. expr. most freq. by various phrr.: to what am I to say this dream has r.? quam ad rem dicam hoc attinere somnium? Pl. Rud. 3, 1, 19: the r. is to be found in the 7th book, in libro septimo scriptum offendimus, after Gell. 9, 4, ad med.: to give anybody our r., *indicare, nominare aliquem cui noti sumus (R. and A.).