attention Copy link Outline I. The act or state of attending1. ănĭmadversĭo (rare2. attentus animus (the most perfect equiv. for the English word)3. intentio (both with and without animi or mentis)4. audĭentĭa (hearing)II. A polite act, obliging conduct1. sēdŭlĭtas (careful a.)2. observantĭa (esp. with ref. to a superior3. cultus, ūs (with ref. either to equals or to superiors) • attention: I. The act or state of attending: 1. ănĭmadversĭo (rare: and denoting notice, observation, rather than fixed attention): a. and care must be raised into activity, excitanda est a. et diligentia, Cic. 2. attentus animus (the most perfect equiv. for the English word): to listen to anything with a. and admiration (of a number of persons), aliquid animis attentis admirantes excipere, Cic.: to pay a. to the maintenance of propriety, attentos animos (attentum a. of one person) ad decoris conservationem tenere, Cic. (Similarly the word may be expr. by attenta auris, if listening be referred to; or attentum studium of earnest a. in general. Intentus may be used if the idea is that of intently fixing the mind upon something.) 3. intentio (both with and without animi or mentis): I will tell you if you will lend me your a., dicam si mihi accommodaveris intentionem tuam, Sen.: in. animi or mentis, Quint.: the a. of hearers, i. audientium, Quint.: nor let a discourse be so long that the a. cannot follow it to the end, nec sit sermo tam longus ut eum prosequi non possit i., Quint. 4. audĭentĭa (hearing): I foresee how much a. his unprincipled conduct will procure for my speech, prospicio quantam a. orationi meae improbitas illius factura sit, Cic.: Liv. Phr.: to gain the a. of a judge, judicem attentum facere, Cic.: to draw everybody's a. upon oneself, omnium oculos ad se convertere, Nep.: Curt; also simply, conspici, Liv.: Nep.: to attract a. by novelty in speaking, animos hominum ad se convertere novitate dicendi, Cic.: as the king was paying his whole a. to the man, cum intentus in eum se rex totus adverteret, Liv.: to pay a. in silence (to a play), (cum) silentio animum advertere, Ter.: Cic. II. A polite act, obliging conduct: 1. sēdŭlĭtas (careful a.): feigned a., simulata s., Cic.: obliging a., officiosa s., Hor. 2. observantĭa (esp. with ref. to a superior: but not solely): to retain friends by a., amicos observantia retinere, Cic.: a. to the king, o. in regem, Liv. 3. cultus, ūs (with ref. either to equals or to superiors): to those connected by blood, service and careful a. is paid, sanguine conjunctis officiam et diligens tribuitur c., Cic.: v. service, kindness; and foll. art.
ATTENTION Copy link • ATTENTIONattentio animi (Cic., De Or., 2, 35, 150): more commonly intentio (both, the steady direction of the thoughts toward an object): audientia (attention to a speaker; for which also intentio is used): diligentia (careful attention to a task, etc.: opposed to indiligentia): studium: officium: officium et cultus (obliging attention to a person). Attention to any thing, observatio alicujus rei (act of observing it): to one’s self, animadversio (Cic, De Off, 1, 29, 103). To procure attention to one’s self (of a speaker), sibi or orationi suae audientiam facere: the attention of an audience, auditores sibi facere attentos: to keep or rivet any body’s attention, aures alicujus tenere. To direct one’s attention to anything; to pay attention to anything, animum attendere, advertere ad aliciuid; animum intendere, animum defigere et intendere in (seldom ad) aliquid; tenere animum attentum, referre animum ad aliquid; cognitationem intendere ad rem; operam dare alicui rei (e.g., to a play, fabulae). To be paying great attention, to anything, acriter animum intendere ad aliquid. To call anybody’s attention to somethinsr (that he might otherwise forget or omit), monure aliquem with ut. To call or draw any body’s attention to one’s self, convertere aliquem or alicujus animum in or ad se: to attract attention, conspici (absolute): conspicuum esse: by anything, aliqua re (of things and persons that strike one by their unusual appearance). To draw people’s attention to anybody, aliquem conspicuum facere. Anything occupies the attention of men, aliquid occupat cogitationes hominum. To pay attention to a person, observare aliquem: colere et observare aliquem (Cic.): officium et cultum alicui tribuere: adesse animo: erigere mentem auresque (to prick up one’s ears and attend to a speaker): marked attention, aliquem praeter ceteros or perofficiose observare: diligenter observare et colere aliquem: signiticare studium erga aliquem non mediocre: marked and affectionate attention, perofficiose et peramanter observare aliquem (Cic.). “With attention.” Vid: ATTENTIVELY.