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vĕnĕrātĭo , ōnis, f. veneror,
I.the highest respect, reverence, veneration.
I. Lit. (rare but class.): “habet enim venerationem justam quicquid excellit,” Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45: “tui,” Plin. 1, praef. § “4: capita aperire non venerationis causā,” id. 28, 6, 17, § 60: “praeter ingenitam illi genti erga reges suos venerationem,” Curt. 3, 6, 17; 6, 6, 29; 5, 10, 2; 7, 8, 4; 10, 5, 11; Val. Max. 3, 7, 3; 4, 1, 12; 4, 6, 1; 5, 1, 7; Quint. 1, 10, 9; 12, 11, 7; Plin. Pan. 54, 2; id. Ep. 1, 10, 6; 2, 1, 4; Tac. H. 1, 10; 4, 65; id. A. 15, 74.—
II. Transf., object., the quality that commands veneration, venerable character, venerableness (only post-Aug.): amici Alexandri ejus virtutis ac venerationis erant, ut singulos reges putares. Just. 13, 1, 10.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.74
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.10
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 28.60
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 1
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.10.6
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.17
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 10.9
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 11.7
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.6.17
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 5.10.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.6.29
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 3.7.3
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.1.12
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.6.1
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