English → Latin
“admonish” in Latin
moneōto warn, to advise; to remind; to exhort, advise, recommendadmoneōto remind, recall to the mind, make remember; to admonish, warn, caution; to suggest, advisehortorto encourage, exhort, urgeadhortorto encourage, rouse, stimulate, rally, urge or exhort someone to something
The English word admonish itself goes back to Latin moneō, through admoneō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
admonish
monere, admonere, to anything, aliquid or with ut (to warn by appealing to a man’s reason and judgment; the latter, mostly, by putting him in mind of something past): hortari, adhortari (to appeal to his will and resolution, mostly from a friendly motive, and by pointing out the advantages of the proposed line of conduct: to exhort); to anything, aliquem ad aliquid (in aliquid not good) or with ut.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for admonish?
- The usual Latin words for “admonish” are moneō, admoneō, hortor; also adhortor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.