observatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of observō (“observe, watch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ob.serˈu̯aː.tus/, [ɔps̠ɛrˈu̯äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.serˈva.tus/, [obserˈväːt̪us]

Participle

observātus (feminine observāta, neuter observātum); first/second-declension participle

1. observed, watched, having been observed.
2. guarded, watched over, having been guarded.
3. heeded, regarded, having been heeded.
4. noticed, perceived, having been noticed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	observātus	observāta	observātum		observātī	observātae	observāta
genitive	observātī	observātae	observātī		observātōrum	observātārum	observātōrum
dative	observātō	observātae	observātō		observātīs
accusative	observātum	observātam	observātum		observātōs	observātās	observāta
ablative	observātō	observātā	observātō		observātīs
vocative	observāte	observāta	observātum		observātī	observātae	observāta

Derived terms

• inobservātus

Noun

observātus m (genitive observātūs); fourth declension

1. observation (action)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	observātus	observātūs
genitive	observātūs	observātuum
dative	observātuī	observātibus
accusative	observātum	observātūs
ablative	observātū	observātibus
vocative	observātus	observātūs

References

• “observatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• observatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.