monitum Latin · revision 32687

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *mon-eie-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''monitum''' ''n'' (genitive monitī); second declension^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|moneō|t=to remind, warn]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|moneō]] to [[itc-pro|*moneje-]] and [[ine-pro|*mon-eie-|t=to make think of, remind]], comparing [[sa|मानयति|tr=mānáyati|t=to honour, respect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who writes of his counsels and admonitions in his letters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an admonition, advice, counsel;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero says his ears were open to the precepts and warnings of all, and the Vulgate also uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also a prophecy or warning from the gods: Cicero speaks of the warnings of the gods, and Virgil of those of the nymph Carmentis.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of advice and of the warnings of the gods.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of Carmentis' prophecies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|admonition]], advice, counsel.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|prophecy]], warning (of the gods).^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moneo|alt=moneō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}