The corpus record — Latin

veneratio

veneratio · f

the highest respect

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Where it lives

De Consolatione ad Polybium 2 · 3.53/10k
Octavius 4 · 3.45/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 5 · 1.08/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĕnĕrātĭo — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

venerationemque Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 8.14.12
veneratio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.28.p3
venerationi Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 40.1
venerationem Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 3.6.17
ueneratio Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 p35
venerationem Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 47.4

6 of 69 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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