LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

animadvertō

animadvertō (present infinitive animadvertere, perfect active animadvertī, supine animadversum)
Classical[a.nɪ.madˈwɛr.toː]Ecclesiastical[a.ni.madˈvɛr.to]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate, give heed to, consider, regard, observe
  2. to notice, observe, take note (of)
    Animadvertit Caesar ūnōs ex omnibus Sēquanōs nihil eārum rērum facere quās cēterī facerent sed trīstēs capite dēmissō terram intuērī.Caesar noticed that among all of them only the Sequani did none of what the rest were doing, but lowered their heads and sadly stared at the ground.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.32
  3. to estimate or judge
  4. to blame, rebuke
  5. to punish, execute, chastise
    DĀVUS: Ō facinus animadvertendum!DAVUS: Oh, such an outrage ought to be punished!166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 767

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

animum ad rem vertō: videō et intellegō quid fīat.
animadvertō -ere -vertī — in Mille Verba, Schola

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Animadvertere · Notare

Animadvertere means, to observe mentally, and take notice of; but notare, to make distinguishable by a mark. (vi. 20.)

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.animadvertōanimadvertēbamanimadvertamanimadvertīanimadverteramanimadverterō
2nd sg.animadvertisanimadvertēbāsanimadvertēsanimadvertistīanimadverterāsanimadverteris
3rd sg.animadvertitanimadvertēbatanimadvertetanimadvertitanimadverteratanimadverterit
1st pl.animadvertimusanimadvertēbāmusanimadvertēmusanimadvertimusanimadverterāmusanimadverterimus
2nd pl.animadvertitisanimadvertēbātisanimadvertētisanimadvertistisanimadverterātisanimadverteritis
3rd pl.animadvertuntanimadvertēbantanimadvertentanimadvertērunt
animadvertēre
animadverterantanimadverterint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.animadvertamanimadverteremanimadverterimanimadvertissem
2nd sg.animadvertāsanimadverterēsanimadverterīsanimadvertissēs
3rd sg.animadvertatanimadverteretanimadverteritanimadvertisset
1st pl.animadvertāmusanimadverterēmusanimadverterīmusanimadvertissēmus
2nd pl.animadvertātisanimadverterētisanimadverterītisanimadvertissētis
3rd pl.animadvertantanimadverterentanimadverterintanimadvertissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.animadvertoranimadvertēbaranimadvertar
2nd sg.animadverteris
animadvertere
animadvertēbāris
animadvertēbāre
animadvertēris
animadvertēre
3rd sg.animadvertituranimadvertēbāturanimadvertētur
1st pl.animadvertimuranimadvertēbāmuranimadvertēmur
2nd pl.animadvertiminīanimadvertēbāminīanimadvertēminī
3rd pl.animadvertunturanimadvertēbanturanimadvertentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.animadvertaranimadverterer
2nd sg.animadvertāris
animadvertāre
animadverterēris
animadverterēre
3rd sg.animadvertāturanimadverterētur
1st pl.animadvertāmuranimadverterēmur
2nd pl.animadvertāminīanimadverterēminī
3rd pl.animadvertanturanimadverterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.animadverteanimadvertere
pres. 2nd pl.animadvertiteanimadvertiminī
fut. 2nd sg.animadvertitōanimadvertitor
fut. 3rd sg.animadvertitōanimadvertitor
fut. 2nd pl.animadvertitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.animadvertuntōanimadvertuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveanimadvertereanimadvertī
perfect infinitiveanimadvertisseanimadversum esse
future infinitiveanimadversūrum esseanimadversum īrī
present participleanimadvertēns—
perfect participle—animadversus
animadversa, animadversā, animadversae, animadversam, animadversārum, animadversās, animadverse, animadversī, animadversīs, animadversō, animadversōrum, animadversōs
future participleanimadversūrus
animadversūra, animadversūrā, animadversūrae, animadversūram, animadversūrārum, animadversūrās, animadversūre, animadversūrī, animadversūrīs, animadversūrō, animadversūrōrum, animadversūrōs, animadversūrum
animadvertendus
animadvertundus, animadvertenda, animadvertendā, animadvertendae, animadvertendam, animadvertendārum, animadvertendās, animadvertende, animadvertendīs, animadvertendōrum, animadvertendōs
gerundanimadvertendī, animadvertendō, animadvertendumsupineanimadversum, animadversū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

animadvertere in aliquem
to inflict punishment on a person.
animadvertere in aliquem
to punish some one.
atque etiam hoc animadvertendum est
there is this also to notice.

ănĭmadverto (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.),
I. to direct the mind or attention to a thing, to attend to, give heed to, to take heed, consider, regard, observe.
I. Lit.
A. 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).—
B. Esp., as t. t.
1. 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.—
2. 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.—
II. Transf., as a consequence of attention.
A. To remark, notice, observe, perceive, see (in a more general sense than above; the most usu. signif. of this word).
a. 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.—
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.—
c. With ind. quest.: quod quale sit, etiam in bestiis quibusdam animadverti potest, Cic.Am. 8, 27.—
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.—
C. 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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁mos
  3. Proto-Italic*anamos
  4. Latinanimadvertō

Latin advertō Latin animadvertō From animus + advertō.

In English words that came into English from animadvertō

  • animadvertanimadvertō
  • animadversionanimadversiō

Quick answers

What does animadvertō mean in Latin?
animadvertō, a verb, means “to pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate, give heed to, consider, regard, observe; to notice, observe, take note (of); to estimate or judge”.
What are the principal parts of animadvertō?
animadvertō, animadvertere, animadvertī, animadversum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce animadvertō?
In classical Latin, [a.nɪ.madˈwɛr.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.ni.madˈvɛr.to].
Where does animadvertō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos → Proto-Italic *anamos → Latin animadvertō.