conscientious Copy link Outline 1. rēlĭgiōsus (with ref. to some religious motive; as an oath)2. sanctus • conscientious: 1. rēlĭgiōsus (with ref. to some religious motive; as an oath): a nation not at all c. in giving evidence, natio minime in testimoniis dicendis r., Cic.: a c. judge, r. judex, Quint.: (but in gen. sense religiosus usu. implies censure: "oportet religentem esse non religiosum," Cic.). 2. sanctus: of general integrity: v. moral, irreproachable. Phr.: the c. keeping of a promise, of an oath, *fides ac religio promissi, jurisjurandi.
CONSCIENTIOUS Copy link • CONSCIENTIOUSreligiosus; sanctus; severus; justus [SYN. in CONSCIENTIOUSNESS]. To be conscientious in anything, religionem adhibere: to deviate from the conscientious performance of a duty, a religione officii declinare: in the most conscientious manner, optima fide (e.g., to pay anybody anything, alicui aliquid annumerare); sanctissime (e.g., tueri religiones publicas).