monitor Latin · revision 6461

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la moneō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɔ.nɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɔː.ni.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''monitor''' ''m'' (genitive monitōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[moneō]] “to remind, warn” with the agent suffix [[-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Terence, whose character needed no adviser.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one who reminds or advises, a counsellor, guide, as in Terence, Sallust and Seneca, and a legal adviser.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant a prompter who reminds someone what to say, and a nomenclator who tells a candidate the names of voters, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was an admonisher, adviser, overseer, prayer leader and superintendent.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant one who teaches, advises or warns.^(DMLBS) [[en|monitor]] was borrowed in the 1540s for a senior pupil keeping order.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of an adviser.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a prompter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of a guide.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''monitor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An adviser, counsellor, guide.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A prompter; a nomenclator.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' An overseer.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[monitōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moneō]]

+ * [[mōnstrum]]

+ * [[en|monitor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}