> even though Latin has a word for 'thing'
Hence res publica = 'thing of the people', otherwise know as 'republic', IIRC.
I am with you on its fantasticness although nowhere near as competent with it as you clearly are. Now there's a surprise.
I can however point out that you made an elementary apostrophe gaff in your previous post, which makes me feel a tiny bit better.
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