REMARK Copy link • REMARK 1. s. notatio (a marking down): annotatio (critical; post-Augustan): dictum (a short or well known saying or observation: sometimes omitted; e.g., praeclarum illud Platonis, the celebrated remark of Plato): scholion (an explanation, note, for learners; in Greek, Cic., Att., 16, 7, 3): nota (the censor’s mark of disapprobation. ☞ Moderns use this word incorrectly; as also, admonitio and animadversio, instead of annotatio). A short remark, annotatiuncula (Gell., 19, 7, 12): explanatory (grammatical) remarks, commentaria (Gell., 2, 6, in.): remarks on language, observationes sermonis (Suet., Gramm., 24) a severe remark, nota censoriae severitatis; animadversio. To escape unpleasant remarks, effugere animadversionem (e.g., neque enim effugere animadversionem possemus, si semper iisdem pedibus uteremur, Cic.). To make severe remarks on anything, notare aliquid; reprehendere et exagitare aliquid: on anybody, notare ac vituperare aliquem. I made this remark among others, tum multa, tum etiam hoc dixi. 2. v. To observe, note, animadvertere: observare: notare aliquid. To express in words, notare: denotare: observare: dicere: ☞ not monere.