awe (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. formīdo, ĭnis, f. (applied to all strong fear or dread, q. v.2. rĕvĕrentia3. mĕtus, tĭmor • awe (subs.): 1. formīdo, ĭnis, f. (applied to all strong fear or dread, q. v.: hence needing something in the context, or some adjunct to make it express the Eng.): a forest consecrated by the auguries of their fathers and olden a., silva auguriis patrum et prisca f. sacra, Tac.: worshipped with a., formidine cultos, Sil. Fig.: caskets full of silent a., plenae tacita f. cistae, Val. Fl.: to inspire with a., f. alicui injicere, Cic. 2. rĕvĕrentia: a. of the (Roman) empire (as entertained by the barbarians), r. imperii, Tac.: v. reverence, respect. 3. mĕtus, tĭmor: v. fear. Phr.: to stand in a. of: (i). vĕrĕor, 2 (v. to fear, reverence): to stand in a. of the gods, deos v., Cic.: his slaves feared him, his children stood in a. of him, metuebant eum servi, verebantur liberi, Cic. (ii). rĕvĕrĕor, 2 (v. to reverence): I stand in a. of my son, filium r., Pl.: Liv. (iii). vĕnĕror, 1 (v. to worship): to stand in a. of the gods, deos v., Cic.: to stand in a. of the temples of a god, templa dei v., Virg.
awe (v.) Copy link • awe (v.): Phr.: the unusual silence a.d those who approached nearer, propius adeuntibus insolitum silentium admirationem fecit, Liv.: he a.d the unfortunate people, formidinem miseris injiciebat, Cic.: Caesar led his army across the Rhine to a. (overawe) the Germans, Caesar exercitum Rhenum transduxerat ut Germanis metum injiceret, Caes.
AWE Copy link • AWE 1. s. verecundia (fear of lowering one’s self in the eyes of one whom we respect: then respect for a person or thing): reverentia (the feeling and conviction that a person deserves one’s reverential respect): veneratio (reverence toward the gods and sacred things: the reverence of worship): admiratio (awe accompanied with wonder, felt and expressed). To be restrained by a secret awe, tacita quadam veneratione inhiberi. To feel awe at anything, vereri or revereri aliquid; verecundiam habere alicujus rei: sometimes pavere or expavescere: timere or extimescere aliquid (to tremble at the thoughts of it): to feel awe of anybody, verecundiam habere alicujus; aliquem revereri; reverentiamadversus aliquem adhibere: suspicere aliquem (to look up to). To throw aside all feeling of awe, reverentiam exuere; omnem verecundiam effondere. 2. v. alicui injicere admirationem sui (to make him gaze at one with admiration): timorem, or pavorem alicui injicere, or incutere (to strike fear into them): efficere ut aliquis aliquid or aliquem vereatur or revereatur (to cause him to reverence).