English → Latin
“warn” in Latin
moneōto warn, to advise; to remind; to exhort, advise, recommendpraemoneōto admonish or remind beforehand, advise, forewarn, premonish; to foretell, predict, foreshow; foreshadowadmoneōto remind, recall to the mind, make remember; to admonish, warn, caution; to suggest, advise
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
warn
monere, or praemonere, aliquem ut caveat. To warn of or against anything, monere or praemonere aliquid cavendum: monere or praemonere, de aliqua re: monere, ut vitet aliquis aliquid: monere, admonere, praemonere, ne. Not to scold anybody angrily, but warn him almost as a father, non inimice corripere aliquem, sedpaene patrie monere (Quint.): to suffer one’s self to be warned, audire monentem: monenti obsequi: to refuse to be warned, negligere or spernere monentem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for warn?
- The usual Latin words for “warn” are moneō, praemoneō, admoneō. 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.