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|lshtext=<b>rĕvĕrentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[revereor]],<br /><b>I</b> [[timidity]] arising from [[high]] [[respect]] or ([[more]] [[rarely]]) from [[fear]], [[respect]], [[regard]], [[fear]], [[awe]], [[reverence]] (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the [[post]]-Aug. per.): adhibenda est quaedam [[reverentia]] [[adversus]] homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum: nam neglegere, [[quid]] de se [[quisque]] sentiat, non [[solum]] arrogantis est, sed [[omnino]] dissoluti, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99: personae, Quint. 9, 2, 76: judicum, id. 11, 1, 29: [[senatus]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 69, 4: nulla superiorum, Tac. Or. 40: sacramenti, id. H. 1, 12: imperii, id. ib. 1, 55; id. G. 29: legum, Juv. 14, 177: famae, Ov. M. 9, 555: quorum [[reverentia]] movit Saepe deos, id. ib. 2, 510: veri, id. H. 5, 11: recti et aequi, Mart. 11, 5, 1: nulla poscendi, dandi, [[shyness]], [[shame]], Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 13: discendi, [[fear]], Col. 11, 1, 10: ut cuique personae debetur [[reverentia]], Quint. 11, 1, 66; cf. id. 6, 1, 50: maxima debetur puero [[reverentia]], Juv. 14, 47; judex [[tacitus]] reverentiam postulat, Quint. 4, 1, 55: mihi reverentiā ut aequali habebatur, Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6: [[quam]] [[illa]] reverentiam [[marito]] suo praestitit, id. ib. 8, 5, 1: mihi reverentiam [[praestat]], id. ib. 10, 26 (11), 1.— Pass., [[deference]], [[regard]], etc.: ego reverentiae vestrae sic [[semper]] inserviam (for vestri), the [[deference]] or [[veneration]] [[due]] to [[you]], [[your]] [[dignity]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 95 fin.—Reverentia, as a [[deity]], the [[mother]] of Majestas by Honor, Ov. F. 5, 23.
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