(adjective) : sŭperstĭtĭōsus, a, um, superstitio
* Full of superstition, superstitious.
* Lit.: ita factum est in superstitioso et religioso alterum vitii nomen alterum laudis,Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72: nimium esse superstitiosum non oportere,id. Dom. 40, 105: isti philosophi superstitiosi et paene fanatici,id. Div. 2, 57, 118: principes,Liv. 6, 5, 6: nimiā et superstitiosā religione sese alligaverat, Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 2: sollicitudo,Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: in omni divinatione imbecilli animi facile superstitiosa ista concipiunt,id. ib. 2, 39, 81.—Comp.: per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video,Vulg. Act. 17, 22.—Sup.: saeculum,Tert. adv. Gnost. 2.
* Transf., soothsaying, prophetic, prophetical (ante-class.): superstitiosus quidem est; vera praedicat,Plaut. Curc. 3, 27; id. Am. 1, 1, 167: quid si ista aut superstitiosa aut hariola est?id. Rud. 4, 4, 95: hariolationes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 79 Vahl.): unde superstitiosa primum saeva evasit vox fera, Poët. ib. 2, 56, 115 (Trag. Rel. Inc. v. 19 Rib.).—Adv.: sŭperstĭtĭōsē.
* (Acc. to I.) Superstitiously: neque id dicitis superstitiose aut aniliter,Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; id. Div. 1, 55, 126; Suet. Dom. 15.
* Transf., in gen. (cf. superstitio, I. A. 2.), too scrupulously, too nicely or exactly (only in Quint.): inhaerere cogitatis,Quint. 10, 6, 5: fieri,id. 1, 1, 13.