observans
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
observans: antis, Part. and P. a., from observo.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
observāns,¹⁴ tis, part.-adj. de observo, qui a de la déférence, de la considération, du respect pour : [avec gén.] Cic. Quinct. 39 ; observantissimus mei homo Cic. Q. 1, 2, 11, personne pleine d’égards pour moi, cf. Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1 || qui observe, qui obéit : observantissimus omnium officiorum Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 30, 1, qui remplit scrupuleusement tous ses devoirs.
