_opinio dei_—belief in god.
_deum esse credimus_—we believe in the existence of a God.
_deos esse negare_—to deny the existence of the gods.
_insitas (innatas) dei cognitiones habere_ (N. D. 1. 17. 44)—to have
innate ideas of the Godhead; to believe in the Deity by intuition.
_omnibus innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum esse deum_—belief in
God is part of every one's nature.
_natura in omnium animis notionem dei impressit_ (N. D. 1. 16.
43)—Nature has implanted in all men the idea of a God.
_impietas_—unbelief.
_qui deum esse negat_—an atheist.
_superstitio mentes occupavit_ (Verr. 4. 51. 113)—superstition has
taken possession of their souls.
_superstitione imbutum esse_—to be tinged with superstition.
_superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esse_—to be the
slave of superstition.
_superstitionem funditus tollere_—to absolutely annihilate superstition.
_superstitionem radicitus_ or _penitus evellere_—to destroy
superstition root and branch.
_formidines_—superstitious fears; phantoms.