OBSERVE Copy link • OBSERVE 1. conventus in this meaning only in Sen., N. Quaest., 7, 12, 3, conventus duarum stellarum. Agreement, convenientia (cum aliqua re): consensus: consensio: concentus. “By a lucky coincidence,” etc. by circumlocution with peropportune cadit; percommode accidit. 2. nuptiis ambire is used of parents making proposals of marriage to a person; e.g., to one considered a good match (Tac., Germ., 18; ☞ connubiis ambire, Verg.): to court avaricious widows, venari viduas avaras. Endeavour to obtain, aucupari (e.g., gratiam alicujus; studium ac favorem populi); captare (e.g., plausus, misericordiam, favorem populi): venari (e.g., laudem): quaerere. 3. For creep on all fours; creep forth, into, up, down, etc., [Vid: CRAWL]. Move along slowly; [Vid: CRAWL = “move slowly”]. FIG., (α) To travel slowly, repere: reptare. (β) To move stealthily, obrepere (Vid: above). To creep into anybody’s friendship, se insinuare in alicujus familiaritatem: ad alicujus amicitiam arrepere: into anybody’s affection, favor, etc., irrepere in alicujus mentem: arrepere alicujus animo: influere in alicujus animum: into anybody’s friendship, by flattery, or (Prov.) to creep up anybody’s sleeve, blanditiis et assentationibus alicujus amicitiam coliigere, or in alicujus consuetudinem se immergere: to endeavor to creep into anybody’s favor by flattery, assentatiuncula aucupari alicujus gratiam; also, humiliter servire or servire only (of mean subserviency; Vid: Liv., 24, 25; Cic., Parad., 5, -2, 39): vice creeps into the heart of men under the appearance of virtue, vitia nobis obrepunt sub virtutis nomine (Sen., Ep., 45, 6). 4. To watch, servare, observare (general term): asservare (to watch carefully): animadvertere (to give heed or attention to): spectare, contemplari (to look about quietly for the purpose of observation): considerare (to view or contemplate; e.g., sidera, Gell., 2, 21): custodire (to watch, guard, a person): speculari (to look out for): speculari et custodire aliquem: to observe the course of the stars, observare [Moser, Orell., observitare, Cic., Div., 1, 1, 2] motus stellarum: to observe lightning, servare de caelo (of an augur): to observe the rising of a constellation, servare ortum sideris: to observe anybody’s behavior, observare quemadmodum aliquis se gerat: to observe the enemy, hostium consilia speculari (to endeavor to find out his plans): quae ab hostibus agantur, cognoscere (to watch): hostium itinera servare (to note the march of an enemy). To follow, attend to, observare (e.g., leges, Cic.; praeceptum, Caes.): parere (to obey). To say, remark, dicere (to say): docere (to teach): to observe this, ut hoc addam: to observe only one thing, ut alia omittam (to pass by all other things). ☞ Avoid the expression so commonly used by annotators, ut monet, for ut ait, ut docet, ut annotavit, ut est apud; ut monet is not Latin.