venerable Copy link Outline 1. vĕnĕrābĭlis, e2. vĕnĕrandus (as adj., poet. and late Lat.)3. rĕvĕrendus (as adj., poet. and late Lat.)4. augustus, (lit. consecrated, hence v., august)5. sometimes sanctus (sacred, when applied to persons, holy, pious)6. săcer (consecrated, rare)7. priscus (v. from antiquity)8. sometimes grăvis (influential, from weight of character, etc.) • venerable: 1. vĕnĕrābĭlis, e: vir v., Liv. 1, 7. 2. vĕnĕrandus (as adj., poet. and late Lat.): v. Pales, Virg. G. 3, 294. 3. rĕvĕrendus (as adj., poet. and late Lat.): v. vox, Ov. Ib. 75. 4. augustus, (lit. consecrated, hence v., august): Ov. F. 1, 609: a v. temple, templum augustissimum. Liv. 42, 12: a v. man, a. vir, id. 8, 6. 5. sometimes sanctus (sacred, when applied to persons, holy, pious): a v. fountain, s. augustusque fons, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36, fin. 6. săcer (consecrated, rare): v. groves, s. vetustate luci, Quint. 10, 1, 88. 7. priscus (v. from antiquity): v. Inachus, p. Inachus, Hor. Od. 2, 3, 21: a virgin of v. purity, p. sanctimoniae virgo, Tac. A. 3, 69. 8. sometimes grăvis (influential, from weight of character, etc.): v. honourable.