(P. a.adv.) : vĕnĕror, ātus, 1
* 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.
* Lit.
* 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.
* 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.!*?
* 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.
* 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.
* Vĕ-nĕrandus, a, um, P. a., worthy of veneration, venerable: VENERANDISSIMI CAESARES,Inscr. Grut. 209, 2; Paul. Nol. Ep. 38, 3.
* Vĕnĕranter, adv., with veneration, reverently (eccl. Lat.): adorant omnes,Tert. Carm. Judic. Dom. 184; Sedul. 5, 432.