attend to Copy link Outline 1. ănĭmadverto, ti, sum, 32. attendo, di, tum, 3 (sometimes with animum or animos3. circumspĭcio, spexi, spectum, 3 (to look carefully round upon)4. cūro, 1 (i.e. to undertake the care of)5. prōcūro, 1 (esp. of attending to the affairs of another; and of sacred things)6. servĭo, 4 (i. e. to be the slave of, be altogether devoted to7. inservĭo, 4 (i. q. servio8. invĭgĭlo, 1 (i. e. to be watchful over9. exaudĭo, 4 (i. e. to listen to10. obtempĕro, 1 (i. e. to hearken to, comply with11. praevertor (in imperf. tenses), praeverti, 3 (to a. to first or in preference • attend to: i. e. to pay attention to: 1. ănĭmadverto, ti, sum, 3: these things are not a.'d to during peace, haec non animadvertuntur in pace, Cic. 2. attendo, di, tum, 3 (sometimes with animum or animos: the object of attention is expr. by ad, acc., or clause): attend to what follows, attendite animos ad ea quae consequuntur, Cic.: to a. to the first line of a law, primum legis versum a., Cic.: a. now to what I wish, nunc quid velim, animum attendite, Ter. 3. circumspĭcio, spexi, spectum, 3 (to look carefully round upon): these and the like things must be carefully a.'d to, haec et talia circumspicienda sunt, Cic.: there are a great many things to be a.'d to in conducting causes, permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, Cic.: also strengthened with diligenter, Cic. 4. cūro, 1 (i.e. to undertake the care of): to a. to other people's affairs, aliena negotia c., Cic.: they a. to nothing except the mind, praeter animum nihil curant, Cic.: it shall be a.'d to, curabitur, Ter. 5. prōcūro, 1 (esp. of attending to the affairs of another; and of sacred things): to a. to the sacrifices, sacrificia p., Caes.: to a. to accounts, rationes p., Cic.: v. TO TAKE CARE OF, be agent. 6. servĭo, 4 (i. e. to be the slave of, be altogether devoted to: with dat.): they a.'d to their own private profit, compendio suo privato serviebant, Caes.: to a. to one's private affairs, rei familiari s., Cic.: to a. to rumour, rumori s., Caes. 7. inservĭo, 4 (i. q. servio: with dat.): to a. to one's own interests, suis commodis i., Cic.: to a. to reputation, famae i., Tac. 8. invĭgĭlo, 1 (i. e. to be watchful over: with dat.): other (bees) a. watchfully to the food, aliae victu invigilant, Virg.: v. to watch over. 9. exaudĭo, 4 (i. e. to listen to: q. v.): the adviser not a.'d to will laugh, ridebit monitor non exauditus, Hor. 10. obtempĕro, 1 (i. e. to hearken to, comply with: usu. with dat.): I know for certain that the gods will a. more to you, tibi deos certo scio obtemperaturos magis, Ter.: I don't a. to what he says, non ego illi obtempero quod loquitur, Pl.: if I had been a.'d to, si mihi esset obtemperatum, Cic. 11. praevertor (in imperf. tenses), praeverti, 3 (to a. to first or in preference: usu. with dat.): he thought that he ought first to a. to this matter, huic rei praevertendum existimavit, Caes.: let us first a. to that, illuc praevertamur, Hor. Phr.: are you a.ing or not? hoccine agis an non? Ter.: not a.ing, and thinking of nothing of the kind, aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans, Cic.