reus adj. res, concerned in a thing, party to an action: reos appello omnīs, quorum de re disceptatur.

—Accused, arraigned, defendant, prosecuted, under charges: Milone reo ad populum, accusante P. Clodio: cum a me reus factus sit, was prosecuted: ne quis istis legibus reus fiat: rei ad populum circumeunt sordidati, when under charges before the tribal comitia, L.: ut socrus adulescentis rea ne fiat: tota rea citaretur Etruria: de vi: ob eandem causam et eodem crimine: Nunc reus infelix absens agor, O.

—As subst m., the defendant, accused, prisoner: innocentem reum condemnatum audiebant: aliter condemnari reus non potest.

—Bound, answerable, responsible: ut suae quisque partis tutandae reus sit, L.: voti reus, when bound by my vow, i. e. when my prayer is granted, V.: fortunae, to be blamed for, L.: Quid fiet sonti, cum rea laudis agar? i. e. though deserving praise am accused, O.