I.to put a note to something, to write down something, to note down, remark, comment on (only in post-Aug. prose, like its derivatives annotatio, annotator, annotamentum, etc.).
I. A.. In gen.: “ut meminisset atque adnotaret, quid et quando et cui dedisset,” Col. 12, 3, 4: “in scriptis adnotare quaedam ut tumida,” Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 5: “liber legebatur, adnotabatur,” id. ib. 3, 5, 10; so Suet. Gram. 24: “quā in re et aliud adnotare succurrit,” Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 157: “quod annales adnotavere,” id. 34, 6, 11, § 24: “de quibus in orthographiā pauca adnotabo,” Quint. 1, 14, 7 al.—Hence,
B. = animadvertere, to observe, perceive: “cum adnotāsset insculptum monumento militem Gallum, etc.,” Suet. Ner. 41.—
C. Adnotare librum, to give a book some title, to entitle, denominate: ausus est libros suos φιλαληθεῖς adnotare, Lact. 5, 3 fin.—
D. Annotari, to be distinguished, noted for something: “haec litora pisce nobili adnotantur,” Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60.—
II. Judic. t. t.
A. To enter or register an absent person among the accused: “absens requirendus, adnotandus est, ut copiam sui praestet,” Dig. 48, 17, 1.—
B. To note or designate one, already condemned, for punishment: “quos, quia cives Romani erant, adnotavi in urbem remittendos,” Plin. Ep. 10, 97; so id. ib. 3, 16; 7, 20; id. Pan. 56 Schwarz; Suet. Calig. 27.
