reverence (subs.) Copy link Outline I. High respect1. vĕnĕrātio (the highest respect2. rĕvĕrentia (once only in Cic.). r. is paid to the grove, est luco r., Tac. G. 39. Quint.3. vĕrēcundia (a modest feeling of respect4. relĭgio (also relligio5. cultus, ūs (worship)6. hŏnor (in a wide sense7. formīdo, ĭnis, f.II. An act of bodily homage • reverence (subs.): I. High respect: 1. vĕnĕrātio (the highest respect: only once in Cic.). all that is excellent rightly commands r., habet v. justam quidquid excellit, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45: to escort with great r., multa cum veneratione prosequi, Tac. G. 40. Join: v. cultusque, Tac. H. 1, 10 (said of an emperor). 2. rĕvĕrentia (once only in Cic.). r. is paid to the grove, est luco r., Tac. G. 39. Quint.: as an imperial title, Plin. Pan. 95, ad fin. 3. vĕrēcundia (a modest feeling of respect: et Cic. Am. 22, 82): v. respect. 4. relĭgio (also relligio: a religious r.): the temple was always held in such r., fanum tanta religione semper fuit, Cic. Verr. 4, 46, 103 id. ib. § 96. 5. cultus, ūs (worship): r. for a king, c. regis, Tac. A. 2, 58: v. worship. 6. hŏnor (in a wide sense: honour, respect): r. for antiquity, h. antiquitatis, Plin. Ep. 8, 24. 7. formīdo, ĭnis, f.: v. awe. II. An act of bodily homage: to do r., *inclinato corpore colere aliquem (Kr.): perh. also adorare: v. obeisance: for the Roman usage, cf. Plin. 28, 2, § 25; "in adorando dextram ad osculum referimus, totumque corpus circumagimus."