respectful

respectful.

respectful, attentive.

pĭus (written PIIVS, Inscr. Viscont. Monum. Degli Scip. tab. 6, n. 1; cf. Cic. Quint. 1, 4, 11), a, um (voc. pie:

o crucifer bone, lucisator Omnipotens pie,

Prud. Cath. 3, 1.— Comp. only magis pius; cf. Charis. pp. 88 and 130 P.— Sup.:

piissimus, used by Antonius, and condemned by Cicero, as: verbum omnino nullum in linguā Latinā,

Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 43; but freq. in the post-Aug. per., e. g. Sen. Contr. 4, 27 med.; id. Consol. ad Polyb. 26 med.; Tac. Agr. 43; Curt. 9, 6, 17; Flor. 4, 7, 15; Inscr. Orell. 418 et saep. From rare form PIENS, found in inscriptions, Murat. 1624, 4; Mus. Ver. 129, 3 Maff., is derived another form of the sup., PIENTISSIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 200; 203; 3592), adj. [etym. dub.; often referred to tiô, timaô], that acts according to duty, dutiful; esp. that performs what is due to the gods and religion in general, to parrents, kindred, teachers, country; pious, devout, conscientious, affectionate, tender, kind, good, grateful, respectful, loyal, patriotic, etc. (of persons and things):

si quis pius est,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 26:

uxor pia et pudica,

id. Am. 5, 1, 33: Capus... pium ex se Anchisen generat, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 35 (Ann. v. 31 Vahl.):

(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15; id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

di meliora piis,

Verg. G. 3, 513:

poëta,

Cat. 16, 5: pii vates. Verg. A. 6, 662; cf.:

pio vatis ab ore,

Ov. F. 3, 326.—So as subst. freq. pĭi, of the departed, the blessed:

piorum sedes,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

arva piorum,

Ov. M. 11, 62: cf. Bentley on Hor. C. 3, 4, 6.—Of things having reference to religion:

far,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

tura,

Ov. H. 7, 24; 21, 7:

luci,

sacred, holy, Hor. C. 3, 4, 6:

pia et aeterna pax,

a conscientiously kept and eternal peace, Cic. Balb. 16, 35:

Poeni homines immolare pium esse duxerunt,

id. Rep. 3, 9; cf. Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 96:

ore pio,

id. M. 7, 172; so,

quosque pium est adhibere deos,

id. F. 4, 829.— As subst.: pĭum, i, n.:

stabit pro signis jusque piumque tuis,

justice and equity, Ov. A. A. 1, 200; id. H. 8, 4.—Of respectful, affectionate conduct towards parents, etc.:

pius in parentes,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:

pius Aeneas, on account of his filial love for Anchises,

Verg. A. 1, 220; 305; 378; 4, 393; 5, 26 et saep.; cf.:

seniorque parens, pia sarcina nati,

Ov. H. 7, 107; id. M. 7, 482:

pius dolor,

Cic. Sest. 2: impietate pia est, she is affectionate (towards her brothers) through want of affection (for her son), her sisterly triumphed over her maternal love, Ov. M. 8, 477:

quo pius affectu Castora frater amat,

id. Tr. 4, 5, 30:

metus,

of a wife for her husband, id. M. 11, 389: bellum, waged for one's country or allies, Liv. 30, 31; 39, 36; Sil. 15, 162.—

Transf., in gen.

Honest, upright, honorable (very rare): pius quaestus, Cato, R. R. praef.—

Benevolent, kind, gentle, gracious (postAug.): clementia patrem tuum in primis Pii nomine ornavit, M. Aurel. ap. Vulcat. Gallic. in Avid. Cass. 11:

pius enim et clemens es, Dominus Deus,

Vulg. 2 Par. 30, 9; id. Ecclus. 2, 13.— Pĭus, a title of the emperors after M. Antoninus, on coins and inscrr.; v. Eckh. D. N. 7, p. 36; 8, p. 453; Inscr. Orell. 840 sq.— Poet., of a wine-jar: testa, my kindly jar, = benigna, Hor. C. 3, 21, 4.—Hence, adv.: pĭē, piously, religiously, dutifully, affectionately:

pie sancteque colere deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56; 1, 17, 45; id. Att. 6, 7, 1:

memoriam nostri pie inviolateque servabitis,

id. Sen. 22, 81:

metuo ne scelerate dicam in te, quod pro Milone dicam pie,

id. Mil. 38, 103:

pie lugere,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 167; Ov. H. 15, 153.— Sup.:

quod utrumque piissime tulit,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 34, 4.

pĭus (written PIIVS, Inscr. Viscont. Monum. Degli Scip. tab. 6, n. 1; cf. Cic. Quint. 1, 4, 11), a, um (voc. pie:

o crucifer bone, lucisator Omnipotens pie,

Prud. Cath. 3, 1.— Comp. only magis pius; cf. Charis. pp. 88 and 130 P.— Sup.:

piissimus, used by Antonius, and condemned by Cicero, as: verbum omnino nullum in linguā Latinā,

Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 43; but freq. in the post-Aug. per., e. g. Sen. Contr. 4, 27 med.; id. Consol. ad Polyb. 26 med.; Tac. Agr. 43; Curt. 9, 6, 17; Flor. 4, 7, 15; Inscr. Orell. 418 et saep. From rare form PIENS, found in inscriptions, Murat. 1624, 4; Mus. Ver. 129, 3 Maff., is derived another form of the sup., PIENTISSIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 200; 203; 3592), adj. [etym. dub.; often referred to tiô, timaô], that acts according to duty, dutiful; esp. that performs what is due to the gods and religion in general, to parrents, kindred, teachers, country; pious, devout, conscientious, affectionate, tender, kind, good, grateful, respectful, loyal, patriotic, etc. (of persons and things):

si quis pius est,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 26:

uxor pia et pudica,

id. Am. 5, 1, 33: Capus... pium ex se Anchisen generat, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 35 (Ann. v. 31 Vahl.):

(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15; id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

di meliora piis,

Verg. G. 3, 513:

poëta,

Cat. 16, 5: pii vates. Verg. A. 6, 662; cf.:

pio vatis ab ore,

Ov. F. 3, 326.—So as subst. freq. pĭi, of the departed, the blessed:

piorum sedes,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

arva piorum,

Ov. M. 11, 62: cf. Bentley on Hor. C. 3, 4, 6.—Of things having reference to religion:

far,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

tura,

Ov. H. 7, 24; 21, 7:

luci,

sacred, holy, Hor. C. 3, 4, 6:

pia et aeterna pax,

a conscientiously kept and eternal peace, Cic. Balb. 16, 35:

Poeni homines immolare pium esse duxerunt,

id. Rep. 3, 9; cf. Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 96:

ore pio,

id. M. 7, 172; so,

quosque pium est adhibere deos,

id. F. 4, 829.— As subst.: pĭum, i, n.:

stabit pro signis jusque piumque tuis,

justice and equity, Ov. A. A. 1, 200; id. H. 8, 4.—Of respectful, affectionate conduct towards parents, etc.:

pius in parentes,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:

pius Aeneas, on account of his filial love for Anchises,

Verg. A. 1, 220; 305; 378; 4, 393; 5, 26 et saep.; cf.:

seniorque parens, pia sarcina nati,

Ov. H. 7, 107; id. M. 7, 482:

pius dolor,

Cic. Sest. 2: impietate pia est, she is affectionate (towards her brothers) through want of affection (for her son), her sisterly triumphed over her maternal love, Ov. M. 8, 477:

quo pius affectu Castora frater amat,

id. Tr. 4, 5, 30:

metus,

of a wife for her husband, id. M. 11, 389: bellum, waged for one's country or allies, Liv. 30, 31; 39, 36; Sil. 15, 162.—

Transf., in gen.

Honest, upright, honorable (very rare): pius quaestus, Cato, R. R. praef.—

Benevolent, kind, gentle, gracious (postAug.): clementia patrem tuum in primis Pii nomine ornavit, M. Aurel. ap. Vulcat. Gallic. in Avid. Cass. 11:

pius enim et clemens es, Dominus Deus,

Vulg. 2 Par. 30, 9; id. Ecclus. 2, 13.— Pĭus, a title of the emperors after M. Antoninus, on coins and inscrr.; v. Eckh. D. N. 7, p. 36; 8, p. 453; Inscr. Orell. 840 sq.— Poet., of a wine-jar: testa, my kindly jar, = benigna, Hor. C. 3, 21, 4.—Hence, adv.: pĭē, piously, religiously, dutifully, affectionately:

pie sancteque colere deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56; 1, 17, 45; id. Att. 6, 7, 1:

memoriam nostri pie inviolateque servabitis,

id. Sen. 22, 81:

metuo ne scelerate dicam in te, quod pro Milone dicam pie,

id. Mil. 38, 103:

pie lugere,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 167; Ov. H. 15, 153.— Sup.:

quod utrumque piissime tulit,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 34, 4.

pĭus (written PIIVS, Inscr. Viscont. Monum. Degli Scip. tab. 6, n. 1; cf. Cic. Quint. 1, 4, 11), a, um (voc. pie:

o crucifer bone, lucisator Omnipotens pie,

Prud. Cath. 3, 1.— Comp. only magis pius; cf. Charis. pp. 88 and 130 P.— Sup.:

piissimus, used by Antonius, and condemned by Cicero, as: verbum omnino nullum in linguā Latinā,

Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 43; but freq. in the post-Aug. per., e. g. Sen. Contr. 4, 27 med.; id. Consol. ad Polyb. 26 med.; Tac. Agr. 43; Curt. 9, 6, 17; Flor. 4, 7, 15; Inscr. Orell. 418 et saep. From rare form PIENS, found in inscriptions, Murat. 1624, 4; Mus. Ver. 129, 3 Maff., is derived another form of the sup., PIENTISSIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 200; 203; 3592), adj. [etym. dub.; often referred to tiô, timaô], that acts according to duty, dutiful; esp. that performs what is due to the gods and religion in general, to parrents, kindred, teachers, country; pious, devout, conscientious, affectionate, tender, kind, good, grateful, respectful, loyal, patriotic, etc. (of persons and things):

si quis pius est,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 26:

uxor pia et pudica,

id. Am. 5, 1, 33: Capus... pium ex se Anchisen generat, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 35 (Ann. v. 31 Vahl.):

(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15; id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

di meliora piis,

Verg. G. 3, 513:

poëta,

Cat. 16, 5: pii vates. Verg. A. 6, 662; cf.:

pio vatis ab ore,

Ov. F. 3, 326.—So as subst. freq. pĭi, of the departed, the blessed:

piorum sedes,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

arva piorum,

Ov. M. 11, 62: cf. Bentley on Hor. C. 3, 4, 6.—Of things having reference to religion:

far,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

tura,

Ov. H. 7, 24; 21, 7:

luci,

sacred, holy, Hor. C. 3, 4, 6:

pia et aeterna pax,

a conscientiously kept and eternal peace, Cic. Balb. 16, 35:

Poeni homines immolare pium esse duxerunt,

id. Rep. 3, 9; cf. Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 96:

ore pio,

id. M. 7, 172; so,

quosque pium est adhibere deos,

id. F. 4, 829.— As subst.: pĭum, i, n.:

stabit pro signis jusque piumque tuis,

justice and equity, Ov. A. A. 1, 200; id. H. 8, 4.—Of respectful, affectionate conduct towards parents, etc.:

pius in parentes,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:

pius Aeneas, on account of his filial love for Anchises,

Verg. A. 1, 220; 305; 378; 4, 393; 5, 26 et saep.; cf.:

seniorque parens, pia sarcina nati,

Ov. H. 7, 107; id. M. 7, 482:

pius dolor,

Cic. Sest. 2: impietate pia est, she is affectionate (towards her brothers) through want of affection (for her son), her sisterly triumphed over her maternal love, Ov. M. 8, 477:

quo pius affectu Castora frater amat,

id. Tr. 4, 5, 30:

metus,

of a wife for her husband, id. M. 11, 389: bellum, waged for one's country or allies, Liv. 30, 31; 39, 36; Sil. 15, 162.—

Transf., in gen.

Honest, upright, honorable (very rare): pius quaestus, Cato, R. R. praef.—

Benevolent, kind, gentle, gracious (postAug.): clementia patrem tuum in primis Pii nomine ornavit, M. Aurel. ap. Vulcat. Gallic. in Avid. Cass. 11:

pius enim et clemens es, Dominus Deus,

Vulg. 2 Par. 30, 9; id. Ecclus. 2, 13.— Pĭus, a title of the emperors after M. Antoninus, on coins and inscrr.; v. Eckh. D. N. 7, p. 36; 8, p. 453; Inscr. Orell. 840 sq.— Poet., of a wine-jar: testa, my kindly jar, = benigna, Hor. C. 3, 21, 4.—Hence, adv.: pĭē, piously, religiously, dutifully, affectionately:

pie sancteque colere deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56; 1, 17, 45; id. Att. 6, 7, 1:

memoriam nostri pie inviolateque servabitis,

id. Sen. 22, 81:

metuo ne scelerate dicam in te, quod pro Milone dicam pie,

id. Mil. 38, 103:

pie lugere,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 167; Ov. H. 15, 153.— Sup.:

quod utrumque piissime tulit,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 34, 4.

pĭus (written PIIVS, Inscr. Viscont. Monum. Degli Scip. tab. 6, n. 1; cf. Cic. Quint. 1, 4, 11), a, um (voc. pie:

o crucifer bone, lucisator Omnipotens pie,

Prud. Cath. 3, 1.— Comp. only magis pius; cf. Charis. pp. 88 and 130 P.— Sup.:

piissimus, used by Antonius, and condemned by Cicero, as: verbum omnino nullum in linguā Latinā,

Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 43; but freq. in the post-Aug. per., e. g. Sen. Contr. 4, 27 med.; id. Consol. ad Polyb. 26 med.; Tac. Agr. 43; Curt. 9, 6, 17; Flor. 4, 7, 15; Inscr. Orell. 418 et saep. From rare form PIENS, found in inscriptions, Murat. 1624, 4; Mus. Ver. 129, 3 Maff., is derived another form of the sup., PIENTISSIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 200; 203; 3592), adj. [etym. dub.; often referred to tiô, timaô], that acts according to duty, dutiful; esp. that performs what is due to the gods and religion in general, to parrents, kindred, teachers, country; pious, devout, conscientious, affectionate, tender, kind, good, grateful, respectful, loyal, patriotic, etc. (of persons and things):

si quis pius est,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 26:

uxor pia et pudica,

id. Am. 5, 1, 33: Capus... pium ex se Anchisen generat, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 35 (Ann. v. 31 Vahl.):

(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15; id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

di meliora piis,

Verg. G. 3, 513:

poëta,

Cat. 16, 5: pii vates. Verg. A. 6, 662; cf.:

pio vatis ab ore,

Ov. F. 3, 326.—So as subst. freq. pĭi, of the departed, the blessed:

piorum sedes,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

arva piorum,

Ov. M. 11, 62: cf. Bentley on Hor. C. 3, 4, 6.—Of things having reference to religion:

far,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

tura,

Ov. H. 7, 24; 21, 7:

luci,

sacred, holy, Hor. C. 3, 4, 6:

pia et aeterna pax,

a conscientiously kept and eternal peace, Cic. Balb. 16, 35:

Poeni homines immolare pium esse duxerunt,

id. Rep. 3, 9; cf. Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 96:

ore pio,

id. M. 7, 172; so,

quosque pium est adhibere deos,

id. F. 4, 829.— As subst.: pĭum, i, n.:

stabit pro signis jusque piumque tuis,

justice and equity, Ov. A. A. 1, 200; id. H. 8, 4.—Of respectful, affectionate conduct towards parents, etc.:

pius in parentes,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:

pius Aeneas, on account of his filial love for Anchises,

Verg. A. 1, 220; 305; 378; 4, 393; 5, 26 et saep.; cf.:

seniorque parens, pia sarcina nati,

Ov. H. 7, 107; id. M. 7, 482:

pius dolor,

Cic. Sest. 2: impietate pia est, she is affectionate (towards her brothers) through want of affection (for her son), her sisterly triumphed over her maternal love, Ov. M. 8, 477:

quo pius affectu Castora frater amat,

id. Tr. 4, 5, 30:

metus,

of a wife for her husband, id. M. 11, 389: bellum, waged for one's country or allies, Liv. 30, 31; 39, 36; Sil. 15, 162.—

Transf., in gen.

Honest, upright, honorable (very rare): pius quaestus, Cato, R. R. praef.—

Benevolent, kind, gentle, gracious (postAug.): clementia patrem tuum in primis Pii nomine ornavit, M. Aurel. ap. Vulcat. Gallic. in Avid. Cass. 11:

pius enim et clemens es, Dominus Deus,

Vulg. 2 Par. 30, 9; id. Ecclus. 2, 13.— Pĭus, a title of the emperors after M. Antoninus, on coins and inscrr.; v. Eckh. D. N. 7, p. 36; 8, p. 453; Inscr. Orell. 840 sq.— Poet., of a wine-jar: testa, my kindly jar, = benigna, Hor. C. 3, 21, 4.—Hence, adv.: pĭē, piously, religiously, dutifully, affectionately:

pie sancteque colere deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56; 1, 17, 45; id. Att. 6, 7, 1:

memoriam nostri pie inviolateque servabitis,

id. Sen. 22, 81:

metuo ne scelerate dicam in te, quod pro Milone dicam pie,

id. Mil. 38, 103:

pie lugere,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 167; Ov. H. 15, 153.— Sup.:

quod utrumque piissime tulit,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 34, 4.

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assectātĭo ( ads-), ōnis, f. [assector].

An ( assiduous, respectful) attendance (as that of clients, etc.):

in petitionibus opera atque adsectatio,

Cic. Mur. 34: so Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9.—

Observation, study:

magna caeli adsectatio,

Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82.

assectātĭo ( ads-), ōnis, f. [assector].

An ( assiduous, respectful) attendance (as that of clients, etc.):

in petitionibus opera atque adsectatio,

Cic. Mur. 34: so Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9.—

Observation, study:

magna caeli adsectatio,

Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82.

dŏmĭnus (in inscrr. sometimes written by syncop. DOMNVS), i, m. [Sanscr. damanas, he who subdues, root dam-; Gr. damaô, damnêmi, v. domo] Prop., one who has subdued or conquered; hence, a master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor, owner (cf. herus).

Prop.: quam dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

nec domo dominus, sed domino domus honestanda est, etc.,

Cic. ib. 39, 139; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 58:

(vilicus) consideret, quae dominus imperaverit, fiant, etc.,

Cato R. R. 5, 3 sq.;

so opp. servus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 227; id. Mil. 3, 1, 149; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 6; id. Eun. 3, 2, 33; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 17; id. ap. Non. 355, 19; Cic. Deiot. 11, 30; Sall. J. 31, 11 et saep.;

opp. familia,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9;

opp. ancilla,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 276; and (with herus) Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 3; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 90 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 63 et saep.—Also of the master's son, the young master, Plaut. Capt. prol. 18:

siet in iis agris, qui non saepe dominos mutant... de domino bono colono melius emetur,

Cato R. R. 1, 4; cf. Cic. Att. 12, 19; id. de Sen. 16, 56; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 174; so,

rerum suarum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: auctionum, id. [p. 609] Quint. 5, 19:

insularum,

Suet. Caes. 41:

equi,

id. ib. 61 et saep.—

In gen., a master, lord, ruler, commander, chief, proprietor, owner (in republican Rome of public men, usually with the accessory notion, unlawful, despotic):

hujus principis populi et omnium gentium domini atque victoris,

Cic. Planc. 4 fin.; id. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.:

quippe qui (sc. populi) domini sint legum, judiciorum, belli, pacis, foederum, capitis, uniuscujusque, pecuniae,

id. Rep. 1, 32:

di domini omnium rerum ac moderatores,

id. Leg. 2, 7; cf. id. Fin. 4, 5; id. Univ. 7:

videsne, ut de rege (sc. Tarquinio) dominus exstiterit? hic est enim dominus populi, quem Graeci tyrannum vocant, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 26; cf. id. 1, 45; Verg. A. 4, 214.— Trop.:

liberatos se per eum dicunt gravissimis dominis, terrore sempiterno ac nocturno metu,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 21;

of the judge: qui rei dominus futurus est,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; poët. of the possessor of an art, Ov. M. 1, 524; 13, 138.—

Poet., sometimes as an adj.:

dominae manus,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 30:

arae,

Stat. Th. 5, 578:

praebere caput domina venale sub hasta,

the auction spear, Juv. 3, 33.—

In partic.

With or without convivii or epuli, the master of a feast, the entertainer, host, Cic. Vatin. 13; Lucil., Varr., and Sall. ap. Non. 281, 21 sq.; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 11, 5; Liv. 23, 8 al.—

The master of a play or of public games; the employer of players or gladiators:

quae mihi atque vobis res vortat bene Gregique huic et dominis atque conductoribus,

Plaut. As. prol. 3; Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3.—

In the period of the empire (Augustus and Tiberius declined it, Suet. Aug. 53; Tib. 27), a title of the emperors, Suet. Dom. 13; Mart. 5, 8; 10, 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 14; Inscr. Orell. 1109; 1146 al.—

A term of endearment in addressing a lover, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 11.—

In respectful greeting, like our Sir, Sen. Ep. 3; Mart. 6, 88; Suet. Claud. 21.—

A master or assignee of a forfeited estate, Cic. Quint. 15, 50.—

Of Christ, the Lord (eccl. Lat.):

Augusti Caesaris temporibus natus est Dominus Christus,

Oros. 6, 17 fin.; Vulg. Johan. 13, 13 et saep.

ob-servo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic fut. perf. observasso, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 57), v. a.

In gen., to watch, note, heed, observe a thing; to take notice of, pay attention to (class.;

syn.: animadverto, attendo): ne me observare possis, quid rerum geram,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 14:

quid ille faciat, ne id observes,

id. Men. 5, 2, 38:

fetus,

to watch for, seek to catch, Verg. G. 4, 512:

lupus observavit, dum dormitarent canes,

watched, waited, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133:

occupationem alicujus, et aucupari tempus,

to watch in order to take advantage of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

si iniquitates observaveris, Domine,

Vulg. Psa. 129, 3: tempus epistulae alicui reddendae, to watch or wait for, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

et insidiari,

to be on the watch, id. Or. 62, 210: observavit sedulo, ut praetor indiceret, etc., took care that, etc., Suet. Claud. 22.—So pass. impers.:

observatum est, ne quotiens introiret urbem, supplicium de quoquam sumeretur,

Suet. Aug. 57 fin.:

observans Acerroniae necem,

observing, perceiving, Tac. A. 14, 6:

postquam poëta sensit, scripturam suam Ab iniquis observari,

to be scrutinized, Ter. Ad. prol. 1:

sese,

to keep a close watch over one's self, Cic. Brut. 82, 283.—

In partic.

To watch, guard, keep any thing:

januam,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 7:

fores,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 57:

greges,

Ov. M. 1, 513: draconem, auriferam obtutu observantem arborem, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Sen. Hippol. 223.—

To observe, respect, regard, attend to, heed, keep, comply with a law, precept, recommendation, etc.:

leges,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

censoriam animadversionem,

id. Clu. 42, 117:

praeceptum diligentissime,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

imperium,

Sall. J. 80, 2:

foedus,

Sil. 17, 78:

centesimas,

to adhere to, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11:

commendationes,

to attend to, regard, id. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

auspicia,

Tac. G. 9:

diem concilii,

Liv. 1, 50, 6:

ordines,

to keep in the ranks, Sall. J. 51, 1.— Pass.:

id ab omnibus,

Just. 21, 4, 5.—

To pay attention or respect to; to respect, regard, esteem, honor one (syn.:

veneror, revereor): tribules suos,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

regem,

Verg. G. 4, 210:

me, ut alterum patrem, et observat, et diligit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

et colere aliquem,

id. Att. 2, 19, 5:

aliquem perofficiose et amanter,

id. ib. 9, 20, 3:

clarissimus et nobis observandus vir,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. p. 4.—

Observare se a quā re = se abstinere, Vulg. Judic. 13, 12.—

To observe, notice, perceive (eccl. Lat.):

Amasa non observavit gladium,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 20, 10.—Hence,

ob-servans, antis, P. a.

Watchful, regardful, observant.—Comp.:

observantior aequi Fit populus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 296.— Sup.:

observantissimus omnium officiorum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 1; 10, 11, 1: observantissima lex suorum itinerum, App. de Mundo, 33 fin. —

Attentive, respectful:

homo tui observans,

Cic. Quint. 11, 39; Charis. 77 P.:

observantissimus mei homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11; id. Fam. 13, 3 init. —Hence, adv.: observanter, carefully, sedulously (post-class.):

sequi,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, § 7; App. Mag. p. 320, 11.— Comp.:

observantius,

Amm. 23, 6, 79.— Sup.:

aliquid observantissime vitare,

Gell. 10, 21.—

Reverentially:

ad precandum accedere,

Lact. 5, 19, 26.—

observātē, adv., observantly, carefully, perspicaciously (postclass.):

observate curioseque animadvertit M. Tullius,

Gell. 2, 17, 1.

pā̆trōnus, i, m. [pater].

Lit., a protector, defender, patron (of individuals, or of cities and entire provinces; also, the former master of a freedman); PATRONVS SI CLIENTI FRAVDEM FECERIT SACER ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 609;

quot enim clientes circa singulos fuistis patronos, tot nunc, etc., Liv 6, 18, 6: ego me patronum profiteor plebis,

id. 6, 18, 14;

civitatum et nationum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Pis. 11, 25; cf.:

tum conventus ille Capuae, qui me unum patronum adoptavit, etc.,

id. Sest. 4, 9; Inscr. A. U. C. 742, Marin. Fratr Arv. p. 782; see also Inscr. Orell. 956; 1079; 3056 sq.:

patronus, defensor, custos coloniae,

Cic. Sull. 21, 60; id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2.—Of the former master of a freedman or freedwoman:

volo me placere Philolachi, meo patrono,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 11: civis Romani liberti hereditatem Lex XII. Tabularum patrono defert, si intestato sine suo herede libertus decesserit, Ulp. Fragm. tit. 29, § 1; cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 40; Cic. Fam. 13, 21, 2:

corrupti in dominos servi, in patronos liberti,

Tac. H. 2, 2.—

Transf., a defender before a court of justice, an advocate, pleader (syn.:

advocatus, causidicus, procurator, cognitor): judicis est semper in causis verum sequi, patroni nonnumquam verisimile, etiamsi minus sit verum, defendere,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51; id. de Or. 2, 69, 280:

patronus alicui causae constitui,

id. Mur. 2, 4; cf.:

his de causis ego huic causae patronus exstiti,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5;

Lex. Servil. lin. 9: patronus partis adversae,

Quint. 4, 1, 11; cf.:

patronus adversarii,

id. 4, 1, 11; Tac. Or. 1.—

In gen., a defender, advocate:

eam legem a vestrorum commodorum patrono esse conscriptam,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

foederum ac foederatorum,

id. Balb. 10, 25:

justitiae,

id. Lael. 7 fin.:

qui modo patronus nunc cupit esse cliens,

Ov. A. A. 1, 88.—Comically: [p. 1317] video ego te, propter malefacta qui es patronus parieti, i. e. standing like a patron in front of the wall (of one who, for fear of blows, places himself with his back to the wall, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 48; cf. id. Ps. 2, 2, 12. —As an affectionate and respectful form of address:

mi patrone, immo potius mi pater,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 2; 16.

pĕr-hŏnōrĭfĭcus, a, um, adj.

That does one much honor, very honorable:

con salutatio forensis perhonorifica,

Cic. Att. 2. 18, 1:

discessus,

id. Prov. Cons. 19, 45.—

That shows much honor to another, very respectful:

collega in me perhonorificus,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2.— Adv.: pĕrhŏnōrĭfĭcē, very respectfully, Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2.

rĕ-vĕrĕor, ĭtus. 2, v. dep. a. ( act. collat. form rĕvĕrĕo, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), to stand in awe or fear of; to regard, respect, honor; to fear, be afraid of; to reverence, revere (ante-class. and post-Aug.; syn. veneror): Ap. Quid est quod pudendum siet, genere natam bono pauperem Ducere uxorem? Pe. Revereor filium, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 5 (cf. infra, the passage, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 3): observantia, per quam aetate aut sapientiā aut honore... antecedentis reveremur et colimus, Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66:

hos (sc. oratores) ituri in provincias magistratus reverebantur, hos reversi colebant,

Tac. Or. 36:

Nigidium Cicero summe reveritus est,

Gell. 11, 11, 1.—More freq. with inanim. or abstr. objects:

quasi ejus opulentitatem reverearis,

stood in awe of, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 35:

simultatem meam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 3 (also quoted in Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1):

adventum tuom,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 10:

fulgorem ab auro,

Lucr. 2, 51:

dicam non reverens assentandi suspicionem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 122:

multa adversa reverens,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

virtutes,

Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24:

coetum virorum (Tullia),

Liv. 1, 48:

fortunam captivae,

Curt. 6, 2, 8:

auctoritatem illustrium scriptorum,

Col. 2, 1, 2:

reverearis occursum, non reformides,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7:

ne revereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8:

ne quaestus quidem suos reveritus illos opimos, etc.,

i. e. did not spare, Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142.—( *b) Impers. in analogy with pudet: non te tui saltem pudet, si nihil mei revereatur, Varr. ap. Non. 497, 1; cf. vereor. — Hence,

rĕvĕrens, entis, P. a., respectful, regardful, reverent:

sermo erga patrem imperatoremque reverens, de se moderatus,

Tac. H. 1, 17; cf.: responsum parum reverens, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11:

ora,

bashful, modest, Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 33:

puella parentum suorum reverens,

App. M. 8, p. 204, 21. — Comp.:

nihilo reverentior leniorve erga senatum,

Suet. Calig. 26:

quis reverentior senatus candidatus?

Plin. Pan. 69, 3; cf. id. Ep. 6, 17, 5:

sanctius ac reverentius visum de actis deorum credere quam scire,

Tac. G. 34:

illnd modestius ac fortasse reverentius,

Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 5; cf.:

nomen Augusti,

Flor. 4, 12, 66.— Sup.:

Gabium reverentissimum mei expertus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 86 (18), 1. — Adv.: rĕvĕrenter, respectfully:

aliquem adire,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 5:

amicos colere,

id. ib. 7, 31, 5. — Comp., Tac. H. 2, 27.— Sup., Suet. Aug. 93; id. Ner. 23; Plin. Ep. 10, 21 (32) init. —

rĕvĕ-rendus, a, um, P. a., inspiring awe, venerable, reverend (mostly poet.; cf.:

colen. dus, venerandus): nox,

Ov. Ib. 75:

facies,

Juv. 6, 513:

sacraria,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 599:

vetustas (libri),

Gell. 9, 14, 26; 18, 5, 11:

vultu,

Spart. Sev. 19:

epulae,

Amm. 30, 1, 22.— Sup.: Reverendissimus, most reverend, right reverend, a title of bishops, etc., Cod. Th 1, 55, 8; 1, 2, 6.