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|lshtext=<b>vĕnĕrātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[veneror]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[highest]] [[respect]], [[reverence]], [[veneration]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): habet [[enim]] venerationem justam [[quicquid]] excellit, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45: tui, Plin. 1, praef. § 4: capita aperire non venerationis causā, id. 28, 6, 17, § 60: [[praeter]] ingenitam [[illi]] genti [[erga]] reges suos venerationem, Curt. 3, 6, 17; 6, 6, 29; 5, 10, 2; 7, 8, 4; 10, 5, 11; Val. Max. 3, 7, 3; 4, 1, 12; 4, 6, 1; 5, 1, 7; Quint. 1, 10, 9; 12, 11, 7; Plin. [[Pan]]. 54, 2; id. Ep. 1, 10, 6; 2, 1, 4; Tac. H. 1, 10; 4, 65; id. A. 15, 74.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[object]]., the [[quality]] [[that]] commands [[veneration]], [[venerable]] [[character]], venerableness ([[only]] [[post]]-Aug.): amici Alexandri ejus virtutis ac venerationis erant, ut singulos reges putares. Just. 13, 1, 10.
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