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vĕnĕror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [Sanscr. vankh, wish, pray; cf. O. H. Germ. wunsc; Engl. wish; and Lat. Venus, venustas], to reverence with religious awe, to worship, adore, revere, venerate.

Lit.

Of religious worship offered to the gods, etc. (class.;

syn.: adoro, colo, revereor): di quos nos colere precari venerarique soleamus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

venerari et colere deos,

id. ib. 2, 28, 71:

auguste sancteque deos omnes,

id. ib. 3, 21, 53:

simulacrum in precibus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

eum (Epicurum) ut deum,

id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:

eos in deorum numero (with colere),

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

lapidem e sepulcro pro deo,

id. Planc. 40, 95:

Larem Farre pio,

Verg. A. 5, 745:

majestatem naturae deorum,

Quint. 3, 7, 7:

templa dei,

Verg. A. 3, 84.—

With men or things as objects, to revere, do homage to, reverence, honor (not ante-Aug.):

quin omne humanum genus secundum deos nomen Romanum veneretur,

Liv. 36, 17, 15:

veneratur illos populus idem colitque,

Sen. Ira, 3, 41, 3:

Satrium utque Pomponium venerebamur,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

sic patris sic mariti memoriam venerari,

id. Agr. 46:

omnes qui aliquid in studiis faciunt venerari studeo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 17, 5; 7, 31, 5:

spectacula edentes,

Suet. Claud. 12:

ut humilitas amplitudinem venerari debet,

Val. Max. 3, 8, 7:

canos ejus et annos,

id. 4, 5, ext. 2:

principes,

id. 8, 5, 6:

antiquorum curam diligentiamque,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 4:

(Augustum),

Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:

amicos,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 51:

se (scribentes),

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 107; 2, 1, 263.—

Transf., to ask reverently for any thing, to beseech, implore, beg, entreat, supplicate; with ut:

nunc quisquis est deus, veneror, Ut nos ex hac aerumnā miseras eximat,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 37; 5, 2, 62; id. Poen. 5, 1, 17; id. Aul. prol. 8; cf. an old formula of prayer in Liv. 8, 9, 7: qui multa deos venerati sint contra ejus salutem, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 2:

nihil horum,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 8:

nec tu supplicibus me sis venerata tabellis,

Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 33.

Act. collat, form vĕnĕro, āre:

saluto te, vicine Apollo, veneroque te, Ne, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 4:

ut venerem Lucinam meam,

id. Truc. 2, 5, 23.—

Veneror, as passive, App. M. 11, p. 257, 25; Ambros. Ep. 17, 1.— vĕnĕrātus, a, um, in a pass. signif.:

Ceres, Hor, S. 2, 2, 124: Sibylla,

Verg. A. 3, 460; cf. Prisc. p. 794.

vĕ-nĕrandus, a, um, P. a., worthy of veneration, venerable:

VENERANDISSIMI CAESARES,

Inscr. Grut. 209, 2; Paul. Nol. Ep. 38, 3.—

vĕnĕranter, adv., with veneration, reverently (eccl. Lat.):

adorant omnes,

Tert. Carm. Judic. Dom. 184; Sedul. 5, 432.

vĕnĕror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [Sanscr. vankh, wish, pray; cf. O. H. Germ. wunsc; Engl. wish; and Lat. Venus, venustas], to reverence with religious awe, to worship, adore, revere, venerate.

Lit.

Of religious worship offered to the gods, etc. (class.;

syn.: adoro, colo, revereor): di quos nos colere precari venerarique soleamus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

venerari et colere deos,

id. ib. 2, 28, 71:

auguste sancteque deos omnes,

id. ib. 3, 21, 53:

simulacrum in precibus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

eum (Epicurum) ut deum,

id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:

eos in deorum numero (with colere),

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

lapidem e sepulcro pro deo,

id. Planc. 40, 95:

Larem Farre pio,

Verg. A. 5, 745:

majestatem naturae deorum,

Quint. 3, 7, 7:

templa dei,

Verg. A. 3, 84.—

With men or things as objects, to revere, do homage to, reverence, honor (not ante-Aug.):

quin omne humanum genus secundum deos nomen Romanum veneretur,

Liv. 36, 17, 15:

veneratur illos populus idem colitque,

Sen. Ira, 3, 41, 3:

Satrium utque Pomponium venerebamur,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

sic patris sic mariti memoriam venerari,

id. Agr. 46:

omnes qui aliquid in studiis faciunt venerari studeo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 17, 5; 7, 31, 5:

spectacula edentes,

Suet. Claud. 12:

ut humilitas amplitudinem venerari debet,

Val. Max. 3, 8, 7:

canos ejus et annos,

id. 4, 5, ext. 2:

principes,

id. 8, 5, 6:

antiquorum curam diligentiamque,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 4:

(Augustum),

Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:

amicos,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 51:

se (scribentes),

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 107; 2, 1, 263.—

Transf., to ask reverently for any thing, to beseech, implore, beg, entreat, supplicate; with ut:

nunc quisquis est deus, veneror, Ut nos ex hac aerumnā miseras eximat,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 37; 5, 2, 62; id. Poen. 5, 1, 17; id. Aul. prol. 8; cf. an old formula of prayer in Liv. 8, 9, 7: qui multa deos venerati sint contra ejus salutem, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 2:

nihil horum,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 8:

nec tu supplicibus me sis venerata tabellis,

Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 33.

Act. collat, form vĕnĕro, āre:

saluto te, vicine Apollo, veneroque te, Ne, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 4:

ut venerem Lucinam meam,

id. Truc. 2, 5, 23.—

Veneror, as passive, App. M. 11, p. 257, 25; Ambros. Ep. 17, 1.— vĕnĕrātus, a, um, in a pass. signif.:

Ceres, Hor, S. 2, 2, 124: Sibylla,

Verg. A. 3, 460; cf. Prisc. p. 794.

vĕ-nĕrandus, a, um, P. a., worthy of veneration, venerable:

VENERANDISSIMI CAESARES,

Inscr. Grut. 209, 2; Paul. Nol. Ep. 38, 3.—

vĕnĕranter, adv., with veneration, reverently (eccl. Lat.):

adorant omnes,

Tert. Carm. Judic. Dom. 184; Sedul. 5, 432.