Lewis Short
(verb) : an-nŏto (better adn-), āvi, ātum, 1
* 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.).
* 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
* = animadvertere, to observe, perceive: cum adnotāsset insculptum monumento militem Gallum, etc.,Suet. Ner. 41.
* Judic. t. t.
* Annotari, to be distinguished, noted for something: haec litora pisce nobili adnotantur,Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60.
* To enter or register an absent person among the accused: absens requirendus, adnotandus est, ut copiam sui praestet,Dig. 48, 17, 1.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary