observo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to observe
Literal translation to observe
Variants
observo
Edited by
to observe verb of visual perception

Adversus haec ab Artemidoro illa dicuntur: non has tantum stellas quinque discurrere, sed has solas observatas esse;

‘Against such theories Artemidorus gives the following arguments: not these five planets only have erratic movements but these five are the only ones seen.’

— Seneca, Natural Questions 7.13.1

Genre: philosophy
Date: 62/63 CE

Seneca. Natural Questions, Volume II: Books 4-7. Translated by Thomas H. Corcoran. Loeb Classical Library 457. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. 254-255

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). observo (Lemma #1890). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1890/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). observo (Lemma #1890). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1890/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). observo (Lemma #1890). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1890/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) observo (Lemma #1890), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1890/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1890,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {observo ({Lemma} #1890)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1890/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1890/},
}