accountable Copy link Outline 1. rĕus, rĕa (with gen.)2. by phr. in general sense • accountable: 1. rĕus, rĕa (with gen.): in particular sense: a. for the ill-fortune of that day, r. fortunae ejus diei, Liv.: he who enters into an engagement is a. for it, qui stipulatur, stipulandi r. est, Dig.: that each one may be a. for defending his part, ut suae quisque partis tutandae r. sit, Liv. 2. by phr. in general sense: qui rationem reddere debet: he was a. to his fellow citizens, civibus suis r. referre debebat, Cic.: let us always live so as (to show) that we consider ourselves a., semper ita vivamus ut r. nobis reddendam arbitremur, Cic.: v. also liable.