observationum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →observatio, observationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
observation, attention, action of watching/taking notice; surveillance; usage;
gen. pl.
Examples
De grammaticis
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...minutis quaestiunculis edidi. Reliquit autem non mediocrem silvam observationum sermonis antiqui. Suetonius The Latin Library The Classics Page..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quidam suarum rerum iudices. Nam et in libris observationum a Septimio editis adfuisse Ciceronem tali causae invenio..."