reverentius
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. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →reverenter, reverentius, reverentissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reverently, with religious awe; respectfully, with deference/consideration;
Examples
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...venerat) posito hostium contemptu et reciperandi decoris cupidine reverentius et aequalius duci parebant. gravis alioquin seditio exarserat, quam..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Herculem inquiri. Mox nemo temptavit, sanctiusque ac reverentius visum de actis deorum credere quam scire. Hactenus in occidentem..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...potest electa recitantibus. At illud modestius et fortasse reverentius; sed hoc simplicius et amantius. Amat enim..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...quibus aguntur principi gratiae, multa sint: quae quidem reverentius fuerit integra illibataque cogitationibus vestris reservari, quam carptim breviterque..."
