circumstance Copy link Outline 1. rēs, ĕi, f.2. tempus, ŏris, n. (c.s collectively) • circumstance: 1. rēs, ĕi, f.: by all which c.s the cavalry were panic-struck, quibus omnibus r. equites permoti sunt, Caes.: to control c.s, sibi res subjungere, Hor.: according to c.s, pro re, Sall.: under the c.s (as matters are), pro re nata, Cic. Att. 7, 14: also, e re nata, Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 8. Esp. in pl., a state, condition: easy c.s, res secundae, Hor.: Cic. (But it is often sufficient in place of res to use the neuter gender of an adj.: as, adverse, prosperous c.s, adversa, prospera: v. adversity, prosperity.) 2. tempus, ŏris, n. (c.s collectively): to yield to c.s, that is, to submit to necessity, tempori cedere, id est, necessitati parere, Cic.: according to c.s, pro tempore, Caes.: Sall.: Virg.; ad tempus, Cic.: who knows what the c.s of the commonwealth are likely to be? tempora reipublicae qualia futura sint, quis scit? Cic. Phr.: persons in straitened c.s, quibus obstat res angusta domi, Juv. (for which Cic. has angustiae rei familiaris): to be brought into the most embarrassing c.s, in summas angustias adduci, Cic.: Caes.: v. state, condition.