praemoneo
Pronunciation
Forms
praemoneō (present infinitive praemonēre, perfect active praemonuī, supine praemonitum); second conjugation[1]
Etymology
It is from Latin prae- + moneō (“to warn, advise”).[2][1][3]
Earliest recorded meaning
The TLL finds it from Cicero, Pompey's letters, Tibullus, Ovid and Livy on.[3] In the De Legibus Cicero has those who conduct war announce the auspices in advance.[2]
Semantic evolution
It is to give warning of something in advance, to announce beforehand, and so to predict: Ovid speaks of the seers who foretold that Troy would burn.[2] It is also to warn a person in advance, with ut, nē or dē: Cicero says someone warned him to be very careful, and that the voice of Jupiter had warned of a man's crime.[2][4] The TLL finds it frequent in Cyprian.[3] Church Latin glosses it advise before, forewarn.[5]
Timeline
- 81–43 BC – Cicero of forewarning.[2][3]
- 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of seers predicting.[2]
- 59 BC–17 AD – Livy.[3]
Meanings
Verb
- To warn in advance, forewarn, admonish beforehand.[2][4][1][5]
- To announce beforehand; to foretell, predict.[2][1]
Word family
- praemonitiō
- praemonitor
- praemonitōrius
- praemonitum
- praemonitus
Related words
References
- ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ a b c d e Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson