restis īs, acc. restim (rarely em, Iu.), abl. reste, f CART-, a rope, cord: descendunt statuae re stemque sequuntur, Iu.: restim ductans saltabis (in a chain-dance), T.: per manūs reste datā, L.

—Prov.: Ad restim res rediit, I am driven to the rope, i. e. might as well hang myself, T.