animadversio

See also: animadversió

Latin

Etymology

From animadvertō (“to observe, consider; punish, chastise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.ni.madˈu̯er.si.oː/, [änɪmäd̪ˈu̯ɛrs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ni.madˈver.si.o/, [änimäd̪ˈvɛrsio]

Noun

animadversiō f (genitive animadversiōnis); third declension

1. observation, notice, perception
2. investigation, inquiry
3. criticism, reproach
4. chastisement, punishment

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	animadversiō	animadversiōnēs
Genitive	animadversiōnis	animadversiōnum
Dative	animadversiōnī	animadversiōnibus
Accusative	animadversiōnem	animadversiōnēs
Ablative	animadversiōne	animadversiōnibus
Vocative	animadversiō	animadversiōnēs

Related terms

• animadversor
• animadvertō

Descendants

• Catalan: animadversió
• English: animadversion
• French: animadversion
• Galician: animadversión
• Italian: animavversione
• Portuguese: animadversão
• Spanish: animadversión

References

• “animadversio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “animadversio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• animadversio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the reprimand of a censor: nota, animadversio censoria