1. vĕnĕror — Lewis & Short
vĕnĕror, ātus, 1,
I v. dep. a. [Sanscr. vankh, wish, pray; cf. O. H. Germ. wunsc; Engl. wish; and Lat. Venus, venustas], to reverence with religious awe, to worship, adore, revere, venerate.
I Lit.
A Of religious worship offered to the gods, etc. (class.;
syn.: adoro, colo, revereor): di quos nos colere precari venerarique soleamus,Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119:
venerari et colere deos,id. ib. 2, 28, 71:
auguste sancteque deos omnes,id. ib. 3, 21, 53:
simulacrum in precibus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:
eum (Epicurum) ut deum,id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:
eos in deorum numero (with colere),id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:
lapidem e sepulcro pro deo,id. Planc. 40, 95:
Larem Farre pio,Verg. A. 5, 745:
majestatem naturae deorum,Quint. 3, 7, 7:
templa dei,Verg. A. 3, 84.—
B With men or things as objects, to revere, do homage to, reverence, honor (not ante-Aug.):
quin omne humanum genus secundum deos nomen Romanum veneretur,Liv. 36, 17, 15:
veneratur illos populus idem colitque,Sen. Ira, 3, 41, 3:
Satrium utque Pomponium venerebamur,Tac. A. 6, 8:
sic patris sic mariti memoriam venerari,id. Agr. 46:
omnes qui aliquid in studiis faciunt venerari studeo,Plin. Ep. 6, 17, 5; 7, 31, 5:
spectacula edentes,Suet. Claud. 12:
ut humilitas amplitudinem venerari debet,Val. Max. 3, 8, 7:
canos ejus et annos,id. 4, 5, ext. 2:
principes,id. 8, 5, 6:
antiquorum curam diligentiamque,Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 4:
(Augustum),Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
amicos,Ov. P. 1, 2, 51:
se (scribentes),Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 107; 2, 1, 263.—
II Transf., to ask reverently for any thing, to beseech, implore, beg, entreat, supplicate; with ut:
nunc quisquis est deus, veneror, Ut nos ex hac aerumnā miseras eximat,Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 37; 5, 2, 62; id. Poen. 5, 1, 17; id. Aul. prol. 8; cf. an old formula of prayer in Liv. 8, 9, 7: qui multa deos venerati sint contra ejus salutem, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 2:
nihil horum,Hor. S. 2, 6, 8:
nec tu supplicibus me sis venerata tabellis,Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 33.!*?
1 Act. collat, form vĕnĕro, āre:
saluto te, vicine Apollo, veneroque te, Ne, etc.,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 4:
ut venerem Lucinam meam,id. Truc. 2, 5, 23.—
2 Veneror, as passive, App. M. 11, p. 257, 25; Ambros. Ep. 17, 1.—vĕnĕrātus, a, um, in a pass. signif.:
Ceres, Hor, S. 2, 2, 124: Sibylla,Verg. A. 3, 460; cf. Prisc. p. 794.
A vĕ-nĕrandus, a, um, P. a., worthy of veneration, venerable:
VENERANDISSIMI CAESARES,Inscr. Grut. 209, 2; Paul. Nol. Ep. 38, 3.—
B vĕnĕranter, adv., with veneration, reverently (eccl. Lat.):
adorant omnes,Tert. Carm. Judic. Dom. 184; Sedul. 5, 432.