"observatio" meaning in Latin

See observatio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɔp.sɛrˈwaː.ti.oː] [Classical-Latin], [ob.serˈvat.t͡si.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin observō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin observātiō From observō + -tiō. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|observō|-tiō|text=+|title=observātiō|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin observō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin observātiō [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "observātiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="observātiō"> From observō + -tiō. Head templates: {{la-noun|observātiō<3>}} observātiō f (genitive observātiōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|observātiō<3>}} Forms: observātiō [canonical, feminine], observātiōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], observātiō [nominative, singular], observātiōnēs [nominative, plural], observātiōnis [genitive, singular], observātiōnum [genitive, plural], observātiōnī [dative, singular], observātiōnibus [dative, plural], observātiōnem [accusative, singular], observātiōnēs [accusative, plural], observātiōne [ablative, singular], observātiōnibus [ablative, plural], observātiō [singular, vocative], observātiōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. watching, observing Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-observatio-la-noun-L5Pk2A5o Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tio, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 65 16 19 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 65 16 19 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 69 14 17 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 44 26 30 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tio: 61 23 16 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 77 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 87 6 7
  2. observation, attention Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-observatio-la-noun-fMAusgBH
  3. surveillance Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-observatio-la-noun-wNJHiM2L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: observō
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}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.