revereor

rĕ-vĕrĕor, ĭtus. 2, v. dep. a. ( act. collat. form rĕvĕrĕo, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), to stand in awe or fear of; to regard, respect, honor; to fear, be afraid of; to reverence, revere (ante-class. and post-Aug.; syn. veneror): Ap. Quid est quod pudendum siet, genere natam bono pauperem Ducere uxorem? Pe. Revereor filium, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 5 (cf. infra, the passage, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 3): observantia, per quam aetate aut sapientiā aut honore... antecedentis reveremur et colimus, Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66:

hos (sc. oratores) ituri in provincias magistratus reverebantur, hos reversi colebant,

Tac. Or. 36:

Nigidium Cicero summe reveritus est,

Gell. 11, 11, 1.—More freq. with inanim. or abstr. objects:

quasi ejus opulentitatem reverearis,

stood in awe of, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 35:

simultatem meam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 3 (also quoted in Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1):

adventum tuom,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 10:

fulgorem ab auro,

Lucr. 2, 51:

dicam non reverens assentandi suspicionem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 122:

multa adversa reverens,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

virtutes,

Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24:

coetum virorum (Tullia),

Liv. 1, 48:

fortunam captivae,

Curt. 6, 2, 8:

auctoritatem illustrium scriptorum,

Col. 2, 1, 2:

reverearis occursum, non reformides,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7:

ne revereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8:

ne quaestus quidem suos reveritus illos opimos, etc.,

i. e. did not spare, Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142.—( *b) Impers. in analogy with pudet: non te tui saltem pudet, si nihil mei revereatur, Varr. ap. Non. 497, 1; cf. vereor. — Hence,

A.

rĕvĕrens, entis, P. a., respectful, regardful, reverent:

sermo erga patrem imperatoremque reverens, de se moderatus,

Tac. H. 1, 17; cf.: responsum parum reverens, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11:

ora,

bashful, modest, Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 33:

puella parentum suorum reverens,

App. M. 8, p. 204, 21. — Comp.:

nihilo reverentior leniorve erga senatum,

Suet. Calig. 26:

quis reverentior senatus candidatus?

Plin. Pan. 69, 3; cf. id. Ep. 6, 17, 5:

sanctius ac reverentius visum de actis deorum credere quam scire,

Tac. G. 34:

illnd modestius ac fortasse reverentius,

Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 5; cf.:

nomen Augusti,

Flor. 4, 12, 66.— Sup.:

Gabium reverentissimum mei expertus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 86 (18), 1. — Adv.: rĕvĕrenter, respectfully:

aliquem adire,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 5:

amicos colere,

id. ib. 7, 31, 5. — Comp., Tac. H. 2, 27.— Sup., Suet. Aug. 93; id. Ner. 23; Plin. Ep. 10, 21 (32) init. —

B.

rĕvĕ-rendus, a, um, P. a., inspiring awe, venerable, reverend (mostly poet.; cf.:

colen. dus, venerandus): nox,

Ov. Ib. 75:

facies,

Juv. 6, 513:

sacraria,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 599:

vetustas (libri),

Gell. 9, 14, 26; 18, 5, 11:

vultu,

Spart. Sev. 19:

epulae,

Amm. 30, 1, 22.— Sup.: Reverendissimus, most reverend, right reverend, a title of bishops, etc., Cod. Th 1, 55, 8; 1, 2, 6.