observatio

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Latin

Etymology

From observō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

observātiō f (genitive observātiōnis); third declension

  1. watching, observing
  2. observation, attention
  3. surveillance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative observātiō observātiōnēs
genitive observātiōnis observātiōnum
dative observātiōnī observātiōnibus
accusative observātiōnem observātiōnēs
ablative observātiōne observātiōnibus
vocative observātiō observātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • observatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • observatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "observatio", 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)
  • observatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.