religiosus
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Latin > English
religiosus religiosa, religiosum ADJ :: pious/devout/religious/scrupulous; supertitious; taboo; sacred; reverent/devout
religiosus religiosus religiosi N M :: religious devotee; member of a religious order (Bee)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕlĭgĭōsus: (in the poets also rellig-), a, um, adj. religio,
I reverencing or fearing God (the gods), pious, devout, religious: qui omnia quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72 (cf. religio init.): religiosi dicuntur, qui faciendarum praetermittendarumque rerum divinarum secundum morem civitatis delectum habent, nec se superstitionibus implicant, Fest. p. 289, 15 Müll.: naturā sancti et religiosi, Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44: asotos ita non religiosos ut edant de patellā, id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: si magis religiosa fuerit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 37: nostri majores, religiosissimi mortales, Sall. C. 12, 3: mortuis religiosa jura tribuere, religious rites, Cic. Lael. 4, 13: mores justi, integri, religiosi, id. de Or. 2, 43, 184: amicitiae religiosā quādam necessitudine imbutae, quint. 1, 2, 20: hominem occidere religiosissimum erat, was a thing exceedingly pious or pleasing to the gods, Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13; cf.: aliqui nomine quoque consalutare religiosius putant, etc., id. 28, 2, 5, § 23: Judaei, viri religiosi, Vulg. Act. 2, 5.—
b Eccl. Lat., of or belonging to the clergy, clerical (opp. saecularis), Salv. Avar. 3, 5.—
II Transf. (acc. to religio, II.).
A Subject., religiously considerate, careful, anxious, scrupulous: civitas religiosa, in principiis maxime novorum bellorum… ne quid praetermitteretur, quod aliquando factum esset. ludos Jovi donumque vovere consulem jussit, Liv. 31, 9: per hos quoque dies abstinent terrenis operibus religiosiores agricolae, Col. 11, 2, 98; 11, 3, 62: quem campi fructum quia religiosum erat consumere, was a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 2, 5; 3, 22; 5, 52; 6, 27; cf.: religiosum est, quod jurati legibus judicarunt, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48.—
b Overscrupulous, over-anxious, superstitious (rare and only ante-class.): religentem esse oportet, religiosum nefas, Poët. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1: ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior? Cato ap. Fest. s. v. repulsior, p. 236: ut stultae et miserae sumus Religiosae, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37.—
2 In gen., scrupulous, strict, precise, accurate, conscientious: religiosus est non modo deorum sanctitatem magni aestimans, sed etiam officiosus adversus homines, Fest. p. 278 Müll.: quod et in re misericordem se praebuerit et in testimoniis religiosum, Cic. Caecin. 10, 26: testis religiosissimus, id. Vatin. 1, 1: natio minime in testimoniis dicendis religiosa, id. Fl. 10, 23: judex, Quint. 4, 1, 9: quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum, Cic. Brut. 11, 44: ad Atticorum aures teretes et religiosas qui se accommodant, id. Or. 9, 27: ephorus vero non est religiosissimae fidei, Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 2: religiosissimis verbis jurare, Petr. 21. —
B Of the objects of religious veneration (temples, statues, utensils, etc.), holy, sacred: templum sane sanctum et religiosum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 65: signum sacrum ac religiosum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; and so with sacer, id. Leg. 3, 13, 31: dies, Suet. Tib. 61: ex Aesculapi religiosissimo fano, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93: Ceres antiquissima, religiosissima, id. ib. 2, 4, 49, § 109; cf.: religiosissimum simulacrum Jovis Imperatoris, id. ib. 2, 4, 57, § 128: altaria, id. Planc. 35, 68: deorum limina, Verg. A. 2, 365: loca, Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 7: sacra religiosissima, Vell. 2, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 7: vestes, id. Tib. 36; id. Oth. 12: simulacra, Sedul. 1, 227: divini juris sunt veluti res sacrae et religiosae… (sunt res) religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt, Gai. Inst. 2, 3 sq.—
2 Esp.: dies religiosus, a day upon which it was unlucky to undertake any thing important, a day of evil omen, e. g. the dies Alliensis, the dies atri, etc., Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. 379, 19; Liv. 6, 1; 26, 17; 37, 33; Suet. Tib. 61; id. Claud. 14 al.; cf. Gell. 4, 9, 4; and Fest. s. h. v. p. 231.—
3 Solum religiosum, land consecrated by the burial of the dead, Gai. Inst. 2, 6 sq.—Hence, adv.: rē̆lĭgĭō-sē.
1 Piously, religiously: religiosius deos colere, Liv. 10, 7; cf.: templum religiosissime colere, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: natalem religiosius celebrare, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 8.—
2 Considerately, scrupulously, punctually, exactly, conscientiously: testimonium dicere, Cic. Cael. 22, 55; cf. Plin. Pan. 65, 2: commendare, Cic. Fam. 13, 17 fin.: nihil religiose administrabat, Col. 3, 10, 7; cf. id. 8, 5, 11: quicquid rogabatur, religiose promittebat, considerately, cautiously, Nep. Att. 15: religiosius rem rusticam colere, Col. 11, 2, 95: poëticen religiosissime veneror, Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕlĭgĭōsus,⁹ a, um (religio),
1 [en gén.] qui est d’une attention scrupuleuse, scrupuleux : testis Cic. Vat. 1, témoin scrupuleux ; rerum Romanarum auctor religiosissimus Cic. Br. 44, écrivant l’histoire de Rome avec la plus scrupuleuse exactitude ; aures religiosæ Cic. Or. 28, oreilles d’une délicatesse scrupuleuse
2 [en part.] qui est d’une attention scrupuleuse à l’égard du culte des dieux, religieux, pieux : qui omnia, quæ ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo Cic. Nat. 2, 72, ceux qui avec ponctualité revenaient à l’accomplissement de tout ce qui concerne le culte des dieux, furent qualifiés religieux (pieux), mot tiré du verbe relegere, cf. Cic. Font. 32, etc.
3 qui a des scrupules religieux, des craintes religieuses : civitas religiosa Liv. 31, 9, 5, le peuple animé de scrupules religieux, cf. Liv. 6, 5, 6 || [sens péjor.] superstitieux (v. Gell. 4, 9, 2 ) : Ter. Haut. 650 ; -sior Cato Orat. 44
4 vénérable, respecté : nihil postea neque sacri neque religiosi duxit esse Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 72, à ses yeux désormais il n’y eut rien ni de sacré ni de vénérable ; religiosissimum fanum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 93, sanctuaire vénéré entre tous, cf. Verr. 2, 5, 184, etc. || consacré par un culte [à une divinité] : loca sacra, religiosa Cic. Har. 30, lieux saints, consacrés [qui ne peuvent servir à un usage profane || consacré par un mauvais présage, frappé d’interdiction : (dies Alliensis) religiosus etiam nunc Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2, (le jour de la bataille de l’Allia) considéré encore maintenant comme malheureux, cf. Liv. 6, 1, 11 ; 26, 17, 12 || religiosum est avec inf. Liv. 2, 5, 3, il est contraire à la religion de, c’est une impiété de.
Latin > German (Georges)
religiōsus, a, um (religio), I) gewissenhaft, mit gewissenhafter Sorgfalt verfahrend, -urteilend, in testimoniis, Cic.: testis, Cic.: iudex (Ggstz. impius iudex), Cic.: Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae, Cic. – II) in Beachtung des Heiligen: A) religiös ängstlich, -bedenklich, civitas, Liv.: agricolae, Colum.: insbes. dies, ein bedenklicher Tag, ein Tag von böser Vorbedeutung, wie der dies Alliensis, die dies atri u. dgl., Lucil., Cic. u. Liv.: religiosum est m. folg. Infin., Liv. – B) voll religiöser Scheu, a) im guten Sinne, α) eig., gottesfürchtig, fromm, religiös (Ggstz. superstitiosus), qui omnia, quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, Cic.: si magis religiosa fuerit, Plaut.: maiores nostri religiosissimi mortales, Sall.: iura, Cic.: dei religiosus ac pius cultus, Lact.: res (Plur.), Religion, Gell.: religiosum est m. folg. Infin., Plin. – β) meton., heilig, templum sanctum et relig., Cic.: signum sacrum et relig., Cic.: altaria, Cic.: limina deorum, Verg.: loca, Cic.: vestes, Suet.: volumina, Bücher über die heiligen Gebräuche, heilige Schriften, Religionsbücher, Plin.: delubra religiosissima, Cic.: Ceres antiquissima, religiosissima, Cic. – m. Dat. Gerund., inprimis religiosum id gestamen amoliendis periculis arbitrantur, halten sie für ein besonders geheimnisvolles Mittel zur Abhaltung der G., Plin. 32, 23. – b) im üblen Sinne, abergläubisch, scheinheilig, religentem esse oportet, religiosum est nefas, Poëta vet. bei Gell. 4, 9, 1: ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior? Cato oratt. fr. 43: ut stultae et miserae omnes sumus religiosae, Ter. heaut. 650. – c) dem geistlichen Stande angehörig, Salv. c. avar. 3, 5, 22.
Latin > Chinese
religiosus, a, um. adj. c. s. :: 畏神者。敬忌者。過忌。祝聖者。Religiosum est id facere 忌此事。Religiosi dies 忌日。凶日。Religiosae aures 難中其耳之人。Religiosissimus testis 甚謹之證見人。