in medias res


in me·di·as res

I0149400 (ĭn mē′dē-əs rās′)adv. In or into the middle of a sequence of events, as in a literary narrative.
[Latin in mediās rēs : in, into + mediās : accusative pl. feminine of medius, in the middle of + rēs, accusative pl. of rēs, thing.]

in medias res

(ɪn ˈmiːdɪˌæs ˈreɪs) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) in or into the middle of events or a narrative[literally: into the midst of things, taken from a passage in Horace's Ars Poetica]

in me•di•as res

(ɪn ˈmɛ dɪˌɑs ˈrɛs; Eng. ɪn ˈmi diˌəs ˈriz, ɪn ˈmeɪ diˌɑs ˈreɪs)

adv. Latin. in the middle of things.