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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
observantia f (genitive observantiae); first declension
- remark, note, observation
- observance, attention, respect, regard, reverence, obedience, deference
Declension
First-declension noun.
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 (2003-2024), 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.