observe Copy link Outline I. To notice, pay attention to1. observo, 1 (to watch carefully)2. ănĭmadverto, ti, sum, 3 (to notice, pay attention to)3. spĕcŭlor, 1 (to spy out)4. contemplor, 1 (to view, look attentively at)5. consīdĕro, 1 (about = preced.)6. sentio, 4II. To remarkIII. To give heed to, keep in practice1. conservo, 1 (to preserve inviolate)2. observo, 1 (to pay respect to; keep carefully)3. obtempĕro, 1 (with dat.) • observe: I. To notice, pay attention to: 1. observo, 1 (to watch carefully): to o. the passages and motions of the heavenly bodies, trajectiones motusque siderum obs., Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: v. to watch. 2. ănĭmadverto, ti, sum, 3 (to notice, pay attention to): your rank causes whatever you do to be o.d, dignitas tua facit ut animadvertatur quicquid facias, Cic. Fam. 11, 27, fin.: Liv. (N.B.--In older writers often, animum adverto, of which the preced. is a contraction; also with acc.) 3. spĕcŭlor, 1 (to spy out): the eyes of many will o. and keep guard over you, multorum oculi te speculabuntur et custodient, Cic. Cat. 1, 2, fin.: to o. the settings and risings of the stars, obitus et ortus signorum sp., Virg. G. 1, 257. 4. contemplor, 1 (to view, look attentively at): to look up to the sky and o. the celestial phenomena, coelum suspicere coelestiaque c., Cic. N. D. 2, 2, init.: to o. the nature of the ground on every side, c. ab omni parte loci naturam, Liv. 35, 28: o. too (calling attention to a point), contemplator item, Virg. G. 1, 187. 5. consīdĕro, 1 (about = preced.): to o. (look carefully at) a statue, signum c., Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147: Gell. 6. sentio, 4: v. to perceive. Phr.: to observe the intestines of victims, exta inspicere, Cic. Div. 2, 13, fin.: to o. celestial phenomena (for signs and omens), de coelo servare, id. Ph. 2, 32, 81: to be o.d (with interest and admiration), conspici: v. notice (to attract). II. To remark: dīco; inquam (the latter esp. introduced into the body of the observation itself): v. to say, remark. (Kr. condemns such exprr. as, recte, bene monuit; recommending observavit, docuit, annotavit, dixit.) III. To give heed to, keep in practice: 1. conservo, 1 (to preserve inviolate): to o. an oath, jusjurandum c., Cic. Off. 3, 28, fin.: to o. the privileges of ambassadors, jus legatorum c., Caes. B. G. 3, 16: v. to keep. 2. observo, 1 (to pay respect to; keep carefully): to o. instructions very carefully, praeceptum obs. diligentissime, Caes. B. G. 5, 35: to o. the laws, leges obs., Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40. 3. obtempĕro, 1 (with dat.): v. to obey.
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.