reculer pour mieux sauter (Fr.), to draw back to take a better leap.

redolet lucernâ (L.), it smells of the lamp.

re galantuomo (It.), the gallant king [said of Victor Emmanuel].

Regiomontium (L.), Königsberg.

Reichstag (Ger.), the Imperial Diet of Germany.

relâche (Fr.), intermission: no performance: relaxation.

religio loci (L.), the religious spirit of the place.

rem acu tetigisti (L.), you have touched the thing with a needle: you have hit it exactly.

renommée (Fr.), renown.

rentes (Fr.), funds bearing interest: stocks.