observantia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔp.sɛrˈwan.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ob.serˈvan.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
observantia f (genitive observantiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | observantia | observantiae |
| genitive | observantiae | observantiārum |
| dative | observantiae | observantiīs |
| accusative | observantiam | observantiās |
| ablative | observantiā | observantiīs |
| vocative | observantia | observantiae |
Synonyms
(deference): obsequium, devotio
Participle
observantia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of observāns
References
- “observantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “observantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- observantia in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- "observantia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- observantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.