rĕvĕrentĭa (noun F) : revereor
* Timidity arising from high respect or (more rarely) from fear, respect, regard, fear, awe, reverence (not freq. till after the post-Aug. per.): adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum: nam neglegere, quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99: personae,Quint. 9, 2, 76: judicum,id. 11, 1, 29: senatus,Plin. Pan. 69, 4: nulla superiorum,Tac. Or. 40: sacramenti,id. H. 1, 12: imperii,id. ib. 1, 55; id. G. 29: legum,Juv. 14, 177: famae,Ov. M. 9, 555: quorum reverentia movit Saepe deos,id. ib. 2, 510: veri,id. H. 5, 11: recti et aequi,Mart. 11, 5, 1: nulla poscendi, dandi,shyness, shame,Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 13: discendi,fear,Col. 11, 1, 10: ut cuique personae debetur reverentia,Quint. 11, 1, 66; cf. id. 6, 1, 50: maxima debetur puero reverentia,Juv. 14, 47; judex tacitus reverentiam postulat,Quint. 4, 1, 55: mihi reverentiā ut aequali habebatur,Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6: quam illa reverentiam marito suo praestitit,id. ib. 8, 5, 1: mihi reverentiam praestat,id. ib. 10, 26 (11), 1.— Pass., deference, regard, etc.: ego reverentiae vestrae sic semper inserviam (for vestri), the deference or veneration due to you, your dignity, Plin. Pan. 95 fin.—Reverentia, as a deity, the mother of Majestas by Honor, Ov. F. 5, 23.