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|lshtext=<b>ănĭmadverto</b>: (archaic -vorto), ti, [[sum]], 3, v. a. contr. from animum [[adverto]], [[which]] orthography is [[very]] freq. in the anteclass. [[period]]; cf. [[adverto]], II. B. ([[scarcely]] [[found]] in [[any]] [[poet]] [[beside]] Ter. and Verg.),<br /><b>I</b> to [[direct]] the [[mind]] or [[attention]] to a [[thing]], to [[attend]] to, [[give]] [[heed]] to, to [[take]] [[heed]], [[consider]], [[regard]], [[observe]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: alios tuam rem credidisti [[magis]] [[quam]] [[tete]] animum advorsuros, Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 3: [[atque]] haec in [[bello]] plura et majora videntur timentibus, [[eadem]] non tam animadvertuntur in [[pace]], Cic. Div. 2, 27: sed animadvertendum est [[diligenter]], quae [[natura]] rerum [[sit]], id. Off. 2, 20, 69: [[dignitas]] tua facit, ut animadvertatur [[quicquid]] facias, id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 2.—With ut, to [[think]] of: illud me non animadvertisse [[moleste]] ferrem, ut ascriberem, etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5 (cf.: animos advertere, ne, Liv. 4, 45).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., as t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[lictor]], whose [[duty]] it [[was]] to [[give]] [[attention]], to see, [[that]] the [[consul]], [[when]] he appeared, should [[receive]] [[due]] [[homage]] (cf. Sen. Ep. 64; Schwarz ad Plin. [[Pan]]. 23, and Smith, Dict. Antiq., s. v. [[lictor]]): [[consul]] animadvertere proximum lictorem jussit, Liv. 24, 44 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[people]], to whom the [[lictor]] gave orders to [[pay]] [[attention]], to [[pay]] [[regard]] to: consule [[theatrum]] introeunte, cum [[lictor]] animadverti ex [[more]] jussisset, Suet. Caes. 80 Ruhnk.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., as a [[consequence]] of [[attention]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[remark]], [[notice]], [[observe]], [[perceive]], see (in a [[more]] [[general]] [[sense]] [[than]] [[above]]; the [[most]] usu. signif. of this [[word]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> With acc.: Ecquid attendis? ecquid animadvertis horum [[silentium]]? Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20: [[utcumque]] animadversa aut existimata erunt, Liv. praef. med.: his animadversis, Verg. G. 2, 259; 3, 123 et saep.: Equidem [[etiam]] illud [[animadverto]], etc., Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37 Beier.: [[nutrix]] animadvertit puerum dormientem circumplicatum serpentis amplexu, id. Div. 1, 36, 79.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With acc. and inf.: [[postquam]] id vos velle animum advorteram, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 16: qui non animadverterit innocentes illos natos, etc., Nep. Epam. 6, 3: turrim conlucere animadvertit, Tac. H. 3, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> With ind. [[quest]].: [[quod]] quale [[sit]], [[etiam]] in bestiis quibusdam animadverti potest, Cic.Am. 8, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a pregn. [[sense]], to [[discern]] [[something]], or, in gen., to [[apprehend]], [[understand]], [[comprehend]], [[know]] ([[less]] freq. [[than]] the synn. cognoscere, intellegere, etc.): boni seminis sues animadvertuntur a facie et progenie, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 4: [[nonne]] animadvertis, [[quam]] multi effugerint? Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89: ut adsint, cognoscant, animadvertant, [[quid]] de religione ... existimandum [[sit]], id. ib. 1, 6, 14: animadverti [[enim]] et didici ex tuis litteris te, etc., id. Fam. 3, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[notice]] a [[wrong]], to [[censure]], [[blame]], [[chastise]], [[punish]] (cf. the Engl. [[phrase]] to [[attend]] to one, for to [[punish]]): Ea [[primum]] ab [[illo]] animadvortenda injuriast, deserves to be punished, Ter. And. 1, 1, 129 (animadvortenda = castiganda, vindicanda, [[Don]].): O [[facinus]] animadvortendum, O [[crime]] [[worthy]] of [[punishment]], id. ib. 4, 4, 28: animadvertenda peccata, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40: res a magistratibus animadvertenda, id. Caecin. 12: [[neque]] animadvertere [[neque]] vincire [[nisi]] sacerdotibus [[permissum]] = morte multare, to [[punish]] [[with]] [[death]], Tac. G. 7.—Esp. freq. in [[judicial]] proceedings as t. t., constr. [[with]] in aliquem: qui institueras animadvertere in eos, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23: imperiti, si in hunc animadvertissem, [[crudeliter]] et [[regie]] [[factum]] esse dicerent, id. Cat. 1, 12, 30: qui in alios animadvertisset indictā causā, id. Fam. 5, 2; so Sall. C. 51, 21; Liv. 1, 26: in Marcianum Icelum, ut in libertum, [[palam]] animadversum, Tac. H. 1, 46; 1, 68; 1, 85; 4, 49; Suet. Aug. 15; id. Tib. 61; id. Calig. 30; id. Galb. 20; Dig. 48, 19, 8 al.; [[hence]], [[effect]] for [[cause]], animadverti, to [[offend]], be [[censurable]], Cic. Or. 3, 12.
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|gf=<b>ănĭmadvertō</b>,⁸ tī, sum, ĕre, tr. (animum [[adverto]]), tourner son esprit vers<br /><b>1</b> faire attention, remarquer : si animadvertistis Cic. Amer. 59, si vous avez pris garde ; rem Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 7, etc., remarquer qqch. || [avec ad ] faire attention à : Gell. 7, 2, 2 || [avec ne ] prendre garde que... ne (de) : Cic. Læl. 99 ; Fin. 4, 18 ; Liv. 4, 30, 11, etc. || [avec interr. ind.] : animadverte rectene hanc sententiam interpreter Cic. Fin. 2, 20, considère si je traduis fidèlement [[cette]] [[maxime]], cf. Fin. 1, 62 ; Off. 2, 69 ; Clu. 159, etc.<br /><b>2</b> reconnaître, constater, remarquer, voir : [[sic]] [[minime]] animadvertetur delectationis [[aucupium]] Cic. Or. 197, c’[[est]] ainsi qu’on s’apercevra le moins que l’auteur cherche à plaire ; terrore equitum animadverso Cæs. C. 3, 69, 3, ayant vu la panique de la cavalerie ; animadverti [[paulo]] te hilariorem Cic. Br. 18, j’ai constaté que tu étais d’humeur un peu [[plus]] gaie || [avec ab, d’après] [[boni]] [[seminis]] sues animadvertuntur a facie [[Varro]] R. 2, 4, 4, on reconnaît les porcs de bonne race à leur aspect || [avec prop. inf.] voir que, constater que, remarquer que : Cic. de Or. 1, 154 ; Phil. 14, 3, etc.; Cæs. G. 1, 32, 2, etc. || [avec interr. ind.] Cic. Com. 30 ; Att. 1, 20, 4 ; Cæs. C. 2, 14, 2 ; Liv. 4, 3, 2, etc.<br /><b>3</b> blâmer, critiquer : in notandis animadvertendisque vitiis prudentissimus Cic. Br. 316, très habile à saisir et à critiquer les défauts, cf. de Or. 1, 109 ; Att. 16, 11, 2 || in aliquem animadvertere, sévir contre qqn, châtier qqn : Cic. Cat. 1, 30 ; Mil. 71 ; Verr. 2, 5, 105, etc.; Cæs. G. 1, 19, 1 ; Sall. C. 51, 21 ; in aliquem servili supplicio Liv. 24, 14, 7, punir qqn du châtiment des esclaves [la croix].
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