The corpus record — Latin

venerabilis

venerabilis · adj

worthy of respect

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Where it lives

Verus 2 · 9.72/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Gordiani Tres 4 · 7.2/10k
Divus Aurelianus 5 · 6.4/10k
Psychomachia 3 · 5/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 2 · 4.83/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Tyranni Triginta 3 · 4.55/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Maximini Duo 2 · 3.69/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 16 · 3.46/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 2 · 3.45/10k

Densest 12 of 52 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĕnĕrābĭlis — Lewis & Short

vĕnĕrābĭlis, e, adj.veneror.

I Pass., worthy of respect or reverence, reverend, venerable (not ante-Aug.): venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum ... venerabilior divinitate credita Carmentae matris, Liv. 1, 7, 8: magnos quidem illos ac venerabiles, Quint. 12, 1, 18: dives, Hor. S. 2, 5, 14: donum, Verg. A. 6, 408: partes eloquentiae (with sacrae), Tac. Or. 10.—

II Act., showing veneration, venerating, revering, reverential (post-class.): senatus in deum, Val. Max. 1, 1, 15: verba erga deos, id. 2, 4, 4.

In the wild

venerabilis Historia Augusta, Antoninus Heliogabalus 34
venerabilis Historia Augusta, Divus Aurelianus 25
venerabilem Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.20
venerabilior Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 1 p12
venerabilis Historia Augusta, Verus 10
venerabilis Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 16.124

6 of 143 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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