Reus supplicium timet.

The accused fears the punishment.

Breakdown of Reus supplicium timet.

• timere: to fear
• reus: the accused
• supplicium: the punishment; penalty

Questions & Answers about Reus supplicium timet.

What does reus mean here, and what case is it in?

Reus means the accused person, the defendant, or more generally the guilty party / prisoner, depending on context.

In this sentence it is in the nominative singular, which tells you it is the subject of the verb. So reus is the one who is doing the fearing.

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• reus = subject
• nominative singular masculine noun

Why does supplicium end in -um?

The ending -um shows that supplicium is accusative singular here.

That matters because the accusative case is often used for the direct object. In this sentence, supplicium is the thing being feared.

So:

• reus = subject
• supplicium = direct object

The basic pattern is:

• subject
  • object
    • verb

What does timet mean, and what form is it?