religiōsus adj. with comp. and sup. religio, conscientious, scrupulous, strict, precise, accurate: se praebere in testimonio religiosum: in testimoniis dicendis: Atticorum aures.

—Religiously considerate, careful, anxious, scrupulous, superstitious: ut stultae et miserae omnes Religiosae, T.: fructum quia religiosum erat consumere, was a matter of religious scruple, L.: religiosum est, quod iurati legibus iudicarunt.

—Full of religious feeling, reverent, pious, devout, religious: naturā: religiosissimi mortales, S.

—Consecrated, holy, sacred: locus: mortuis religiosa iura tribuere: signum: Ceres religiosissima: religiosissimum simulacrum Iovis: mores.

—Associated with religion, subject to religious claims, under religious liability, ill-omened: dies, of evil omen: dies ad iter, L.: domus.