worship (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. vĕnĕrātio2. ădōrātio3. cultus, ūs4. rēlĭgio5. sacra, orum (the details of w., sacrifices, vessels, etc.) • worship (subs.): 1. vĕnĕrātio: whatever excels, rightly claims w., venerationem habet justam quidquid excellit, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45. 2. ădōrātio: to propitiate the gods by w., propitiare deos adoratione, Plin. 29, 4, 20. 3. cultus, ūs: the w. of the gods, deorum c., Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64: having venerated the deities by w., veneratus numina cultu, Ov. M. 5, 279. 4. rēlĭgio: w. is that which offers attention and ceremony to a being of superior nature, religio est quae superioris cujusdam naturae curam caerimoniamque affert, Cic. Inv. 2, 53, 161. 5. sacra, orum (the details of w., sacrifices, vessels, etc.): he admitted the Sabines into the state, adopting one common w., Sabinos in civitatem ascivit, sacris communicatis, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13. Phr.: having finished w., re divina facta, Pl. Am. 3, 3, 13: to conduct divine w., rem divinam facere, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47: performing w., operatus, Virg.: sacris operatus, Liv.: your w., as a title, perh. expr. by a vocative: * venerande, praeclare, dignissime vir.