veneratio Latin · revision 31856

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *wenh₁-os}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''venerātiō''' ''f'' (genitive venerātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|veneror|-tiō|t1=to worship, pay homage]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan lists the verb among the derivatives of [[m|la|venus|t=charm, desire]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*wenos-]] and [[ine-pro|*wenh₁-os|t=desire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Varro,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who opens his work on farming by calling on the gods to be worshipped.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was first the act of seeking the goodwill of a god, then worship and deep respect shown to a person, homage: Pliny the Elder says the ancestors had heads uncovered at the sight of magistrates not out of respect but for health.^(OLD 2012) It is also the feeling of reverence, as in Cicero's “whatever excels deserves proper veneration”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein contrasts ''vereri'' and ''revereri'', to feel reverence, with [[veneror|alt=venerārī]], to show it.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “veneration, honour, great respect”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of calling on the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of reverence for what excels.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of homage to magistrates.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|veneration]], through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|worship|alt=Worship]] of a god; homage to a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|reverence|alt=Reverence]], [[m|en|veneration]], deep respect.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[venus]]

+ * [[en|veneration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}