All 3 Uses of
revere
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
- "Sons of Atreus," he cried, "and all other Achaeans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Jove."†
Book 1reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- They stood fearfully and reverently before him, and never a word did they speak, but he knew them and said, "Welcome, heralds, messengers of gods and men; draw near; my quarrel is not with you but with Agamemnon who has sent you for the girl Briseis.†
Book 1reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- Therefore, Achilles, give these daughters of Jove due reverence, and bow before them as all good men will bow.†
Book 9 *reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
Definitions:
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(1)
(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
- Your reverence is a title that can be used to address royalty or clergy.
- Irreverent is the opposite of reverent and in addition to meaning "without respect" can sometimes imply a comic attitude.