LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

reverentia

reverentia f (genitive reverentiae)
Classical[rɛ.wɛˈrɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[re.veˈrɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininetimidity, shyness (due to respect)
  2. feminineawe, reverence

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pudor, quī audēre prohibet
reverentia -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativereverentiareverentiae
genitivereverentiaereverentiārum
dativereverentiaereverentiīs
accusativereverentiamreverentiās
ablativereverentiāreverentiīs
vocativereverentiareverentiae

rĕvĕrentĭa, ae, f. revereor,
I. 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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin reverentia From reverēns + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanreverència
  • Frenchrévérence
  • Italianriverenza
  • Portuguesereverência
  • Romanianreverență
  • Spanishreverencia
  • Galicianreverencia
  • Polishrewerencja

In English words that came into English from reverentia

  • reverentialreverentiālis

Quick answers

What does reverentia mean in Latin?
reverentia, a noun, means “timidity, shyness (due to respect); awe, reverence”.
What is the genitive of reverentia?
The genitive singular is reverentiae. reverentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce reverentia?
In classical Latin, [rɛ.wɛˈrɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [re.veˈrɛn.t͡si.a].