observantia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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, obedience, deference

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

Synonyms

(deference): obsequium, devotio

Participle

observantia

1. 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.