observare

observare is a Latin form of observo, meaning “watch, observe; respect, comply with”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 49 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 106: … tea amicitia; nam cum multos veteres a maioribus Roscii patronos hospitesque haberent, omnis eos colere atque observare destiterunt ac se in Chrysogoni fidem et clientelam contulerunt.

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 51: … varia, incerta, foeda atque miserabilis: dispersi a suis pars cedere, alii insequi; neque signa neque ordines obseruare; ubi quemque periculum ceperat, ibi resistere ac propulsare; arma tela, equi viri, hostes atque ciues permixt …

Seneca the Younger, De Tranquillitate Animi 14.9: … Caesari deo nostro fiebat cotidianum sacrum. Is: "Quid, inquit, Cane, nunc cogitas? aut quae tibi mens est? - Obseruare, inquit Canus, proposui illo ue1ocissimo momento an sensurus sit animus exire se." Promisitque, si quid explo …

All forms of observo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.