noun
mŏnĭtum
Meaning
- admonition, advice, counsel
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
verba monentismonitum -ī (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 21
admonitiō deīmonitum -ī (n) — in Aeneis, ch. 11
mŏnĭtum, i, n. moneo,
I. admonition, advice, counsel (rare but class.):
meis consiliis, monitis, etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2: tuis monitis praeceptisque, id. ib. 5, 13, 3: meas aures omnium praeceptis monitisque patuisse, id. Phil. 14, 7, 20; Vulg. Job, 1, 15; id. Deut. 21, 20.—II. A prophecy, prediction:
deorum monita, Cic. Har. Resp. 25, 54: Carmentis Nymphae, Verg. A. 8, 336.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
monitum ī, n
moneo, an admonition, advice, counsel, suggestion, oracle : deorum monitis duci: Nymphae, V.: monitis parere paternis, O.