worship (v.) Copy link Outline 1. vĕnĕror, 12. ădōro, 1 (more emphatic than veneror)3. cŏlo, ui, cultum, 3 (by formal rites) • worship (v.): 1. vĕnĕror, 1: to w. the gods, venerari deos, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53: to w. Epicurus as a god, v. Epicurum ut deum, id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48. 2. ădōro, 1 (more emphatic than veneror): Ennius we w. as we do groves sacred from antiquity, Ennium sicut sacros vetustate lucos adoramus, Quint. 10, 1, 88: some w. the crocodile, crocodilon adorat pars, Juv. 15, 2. 3. cŏlo, ui, cultum, 3 (by formal rites): the gods whom we are wont to worship, pray to, and venerate, dii quos nos colere, precari, venerarique soleamus, Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119: to w. by flamens and priests, per flamines et sacerdotes colere, Tac. A. 1, 10.