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|lshtext=<b>sŭperstĭtĭōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[superstitio]],<br /><b>I</b> [[full]] of [[superstition]], [[superstitious]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ita [[factum]] est in superstitioso et religioso alterum vitii [[nomen]] alterum laudis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72: [[nimium]] esse superstitiosum non oportere, id. Dom. 40, 105: [[isti]] philosophi superstitiosi et [[paene]] fanatici, id. Div. 2, 57, 118: principes, Liv. 6, 5, 6: nimiā et superstitiosā religione [[sese]] alligaverat, Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 2: [[sollicitudo]], Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: in omni divinatione imbecilli animi [[facile]] superstitiosa ista concipiunt, id. ib. 2, 39, 81.—Comp.: per omnia [[quasi]] superstitiosiores vos [[video]], Vulg. Act. 17, 22.—Sup.: [[saeculum]], Tert. adv. Gnost. 2. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[soothsaying]], [[prophetic]], prophetical ([[ante]]-[[class]].): [[superstitiosus]] [[quidem]] est; vera praedicat, Plaut. Curc. 3, 27; id. Am. 1, 1, 167: [[quid]] si ista aut superstitiosa aut [[hariola]] est? id. Rud. 4, 4, 95: hariolationes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 79 Vahl.): [[unde]] superstitiosa [[primum]] saeva evasit vox [[fera]], Poët. ib. 2, 56, 115 (Trag. Rel. Inc. v. 19 Rib.).—Adv.: sŭperstĭtĭōsē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I.) Superstitiously: [[neque]] id dicitis [[superstitiose]] aut [[aniliter]], Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; id. Div. 1, 55, 126; Suet. Dom. 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., in gen. (cf. [[superstitio]], I. A. 2.), [[too]] [[scrupulously]], [[too]] [[nicely]] or [[exactly]] ([[only]] in Quint.): inhaerere cogitatis, Quint. 10, 6, 5: fieri, id. 1, 1, 13.

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