reverentia

rĕvĕrentĭa, ae, f. [revereor], 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.