veneror

Latin

Etymology

From venus +‎ -or from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to strive, wish, love). See also Latin Venus, venia, venēnum, vēnor and English wish.

Pronunciation

Verb

veneror (present infinitive venerārī, perfect active venerātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to worship, adore, revere, venerate
    Antonym: contemnō
  2. to pay (one's) respects

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: venerar
  • English: venerate
  • French: vénérer
  • Galician: venerar
  • Italian: venerare
  • Portuguese: venerar
  • Romanian: venera
  • Spanish: venerar

References

  • veneror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • veneror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • veneror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 663