superstition
superstition
subs.
Divination: P. and V. μαντεία, ἡ, μαντῐκή, ἡ, P. θειασμός, ὁ.
Worship: P. θεραπεία, ἡ.
Being too liable to superstition and such like things: P. ἄγαν θειασμῷ καὶ τῷ τοιούτῳ προσκείμενος (Thuc. 7.50).
subs.
Divination: P. and V. μαντεία, ἡ, μαντῐκή, ἡ, P. θειασμός, ὁ.
Worship: P. θεραπεία, ἡ.
Being too liable to superstition and such like things: P. ἄγαν θειασμῷ καὶ τῷ τοιούτῳ προσκείμενος (Thuc. 7.50).
SUPERSTITION
superstitio: falsa religio. Silly and contemptible superstitions superstitiones paene aniles. To fill with superstition superstitione aliquem imbuere; alicujus animum superstitione implere: to deliver from superstition superstitione aliquem liberare or levare: to destroy or eradicate superstition superstitionem funditus tollere; superstitionis omnes stirpes ejicere.
superstitio: falsa religio. Silly and contemptible superstitions superstitiones paene aniles. To fill with superstition superstitione aliquem imbuere; alicujus animum superstitione implere: to deliver from superstition superstitione aliquem liberare or levare: to destroy or eradicate superstition superstitionem funditus tollere; superstitionis omnes stirpes ejicere.
superstition: sŭperstĭtio: to do away with s., s tollere, Cic. Div. 2. 72, 148: childish (old-wives') s.s, aniles s., id.: the pl. is often used for greater completeness of conception: v. foll. art. (Religio only so in Lucr.)