result (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. ēventus, ūs, or ēventum, i (the first form has no abl. or gen. pl.2. exĭtus, ūs (used as syn. of preced.)3. effectus, ūs (rare in pl.4. consĕquentia5. sĕquēla6. prōventus, ūs • result (subs.): 1. ēventus, ūs, or ēventum, i (the first form has no abl. or gen. pl.: these are supplied by the second, which is rare in the sing.): a r. is the outcome of any transaction, e. est alicujus exitus negotii, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42 (q. v.): more fully, e. qui sequitur, id. Leg. 2, 17, 43: a very happy r., prosperrimus e., Vell. 2, 122, 3: to judge plans by their r.s, consilia eventis ponderare, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 1: the knowledge of causes gives us the knowledge of r.s, causarum cognitio eventorum cognitionem facit, id. Top. 18, 67: Att. 3, 8, ad fin. 2. exĭtus, ūs (used as syn. of preced.): the r. approves the deed, e. acta probat, Ov. H. 2, 85: a fortunate r., e. felix, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4: an uncertain r., e. incertus, id. Marcell. 5, 15: what will be the r. of their counsels? eorum consilium quem habebit e.? Caes. B. G. 5, 29. Join: eventus atque e., Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5. 3. effectus, ūs (rare in pl.: cf. Quint. 1, 10, 6): the r. of eloquence is the applause of the audience, eloquentiae e. est audientium approbatio, Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: to waste the summer without any r., aestatem extrahere sine ullo effectu, Liv. 32, 9: v. effect. 4. consĕquentia: the r. of events, eventorum c., Cic. Div. 1, 56, 128: v. consequence. 5. sĕquēla: a necessary r., s. necessaria, Gell. 6, 1, ad fin. 6. prōventus, ūs: the r. of the journey, p. peregrinationis, App. M. 2, p. 120. (N.B.--In good authors this word, like successus, ūs, denotes a fortunate r.: v. success.) Phr.: the r.s, res consequentes, Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68: the one is the (logical) r. of the other, alterum alteri consequens est, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 21: all the r.s were contrary to the prediction, omnia contra ac dicta erant evenerunt, id. Div. 2, 24, 53: concerning the schemes and their r.s, de consiliis et de processibus suis, Sen. Ep. 115, 17.