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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - G
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..." - G
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..."