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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la moneō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈmɔ.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈmɔː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''praemoneō''' (present infinitive praemonēre, perfect active praemonuī, supine praemonitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|prae-|moneō|t2=to warn, advise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The TLL finds it from Cicero, Pompey's letters, Tibullus, Ovid and Livy on.^(TLL) In the ''De Legibus'' Cicero has those who conduct war announce the auspices in advance.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==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.^(OLD 2012) 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.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL finds it frequent in Cyprian.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it advise before, forewarn.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of forewarning.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of seers predicting.^(OLD 2012)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy.^(TLL)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To warn in advance, [[m|en|forewarn]], admonish beforehand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # To announce beforehand; to [[m|en|foretell]], predict.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[praemonitiō]]
+ * [[praemonitor]]
+ * [[praemonitōrius]]
+ * [[praemonitum]]
+ * [[praemonitus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[moneō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}