reverens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →reverens, reverentis (gen.), reverentior -or -us, reverentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reverent; feeling /showing restraint before superiors; shy/apprehensive/uneasy;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all)
Examples
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...equum Statius nihili servos." Visum est parum esse reverens responsum, relatusque in aerarios, ut mos est." "Statius" autem..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...exultantis animi motum prodidisse. sermo erga patrem imperatoremque reverens, de se moderatus; nihil in vultu habituque mutatum, quasi..."
