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|lshtext=<b>sŭperstĭtĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[super]]-sto; orig a [[standing]] [[still]] [[over]] or by a [[thing]]; [[hence]], [[amazement]], [[wonder]], [[dread]], esp. of the [[divine]] or [[supernatural]].<br /><b>I</b> Excessive [[fear]] of the goas, [[unreasonable]] [[religious]] [[belief]], [[superstition]] ([[different]] from [[religio]], a [[proper]], [[reasonable]] [[awe]] of the gods; cf.: [[religio]] veri dei [[cultus]] est, [[superstitio]] falsi, Lact. 4, 28, 11): horum sententiae omnium non [[modo]] superstitionem tollunt, in quā inest [[timor]] [[inanis]] deorum, sed [[etiam]] religionem, quae deorum cultu pio continetur, Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 117: majores nostri superstitionem a religione separaverunt, id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf.: contaminata [[superstitio]], id. Clu. 68, 194: nec [[vero]] superstitione tollendā [[religio]] tollitur, id. Div. 2, 72, 148: [[superstitio]] [[error]] [[insanus]] est, Sen. Ep. 123, 16: superstitiones aniles, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70: sagarum [[superstitio]], id. Div. 2, 63, 129: [[tristis]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 79: vana, Sil. 5, 125: magicas superstitiones objectabat, Tac. A. 12, 59: [[exitialis]], id. ib. 15, 44: [[quam]] multi, qui contemnant (somnia) eamque superstitionem imbecilli animi [[atque]] [[anilis]] putent! Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125: [[barbara]] [[superstitio]], id. Fl. 28, 67; id. Div. 1, 4, 7: quā (superstitione) qui est [[imbutus]], id. Fin. 1, 18, 60; Quint. 3, 1, 22: victi superstitione animi, Liv. 7, 2, 3: [[captus]] quādam superstitione [[animus]], id. 26, 19, 4: magna [[superstitio]] [[natalis]] amicae, Ov. A. A. 1, 417: [[quod]] novas superstitiones introduceret, Quint. 4, 4, 5: [[superstitio]] est [[timor]] [[superfluus]] et [[delirus]], Serv. Verg. A. 8, 187: superstitionem mihi excute, Sen. Ep. 121, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., in gen.: [[superstitio]] praeceptorum, an [[excessive]] [[regard]], [[scrupulous]] [[observance]], Quint. 4, 2, 85.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Objectively, an [[object]] [[that]] inspires [[dread]]: adjuro Stygii [[caput]] implacabile fontis, Una [[superstitio]] superis quae reddita divis, Verg A. 12, 817.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]] [[sometimes]] for [[religio]], [[religious]] [[awe]], [[sanctity]]; a [[religious]] [[rite]]: hujus (virtutis) quādam superstitione teneantur, hanc ament, Sen. Ep. 95, 35: templi, Just. 39, 3, 9: superstitiones [[atque]] [[cura]] deorum, id. 41, 3, 6.

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