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LNS

monitus, monitūs

moneo

noun (m., 4^th declension)

a reminding, warning, admonition
admonition by the gods, an omen, prognostic, prophecy, the will of the gods, a warning

Abbreviations

monitus, ūs, m. moneo, a reminding, warning, admonition. In gen. (only poet.): monitu nutricis, Ov. H. 18, 115: finierat monitus, id. M. 2, 103: laevo monitu pueros producit avaros, Juv. 14, 228: monitus acres tradere, Val. Fl. 1, 475.

— In partic., admonition by the gods through omens, an omen, prognostic, prophecy, the will of the gods, a warning by oracles, lightning, etc. (class.): fortunae monitu, * Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: revererique numinum monitus, Plin. Pan. 76: fulgarum, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24: pecudum, sacrificial signs or prognostics, Val. Fl. 1, 29: sub obtentu monituum deorum quaedam enuntiare, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6.