reatus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rĕātus, ūs, m. [reus].

I Lit., the condition of an accused person , a state of impeachment (a word first used by Messala, acc. to Quint. 8, 3, 34): revocato ad reatum Alcibiade, Just. 4, 4, 4: si diutino tempore aliquis in reatu fuerit ... qui longo tempore in reatu agunt, Dig. 48, 19, 25; Mart. 2, 24, 1.—

II Meton.

A An offence of which one stands accused , a charge , Ap. Met. 7, 9, 12; 3, 6, 15; Prud. Cath. 11.—

B The dress or appearance of an accused person : mulier reatu mirāque tristitie deformis, Ap. Met. 9, 30, 9.—

III Trop., guilt (late Lat.): reatus sanguinis, Vulg. Deut. 21, 8; cf. id. Exod. 32, 35: praeteriit actu manet reatu, Aug. cont. Jul. Pelag. 6, 19, 60.