observantia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ob.serˈu̯an.ti.a/, [ɔps̠ɛrˈu̯än̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.serˈvan.t͡si.a/, [obserˈvänt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

observantia f (genitive observantiae); first declension

1. remark, note, observation
2. observance, attention, respect, regard, reverence

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	observantia	observantiae
Genitive	observantiae	observantiārum
Dative	observantiae	observantiīs
Accusative	observantiam	observantiās
Ablative	observantiā	observantiīs
Vocative	observantia	observantiae

Participle

(deprecated template usage) observantia

1. nominative neuter plural of observāns
2. accusative neuter plural of observāns
3. 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 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.