praemŏnĭtum

prae-mŏnĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.

In gen., to forewarn, to advise, or admonish beforehand, to remind beforehand, to premonish (class.); constr. aliquem with ut or ne, with a simple subj., with quod, with de, aliquid (of a thing):

me, ut magnopere caverem, praemonebat,

Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23; so with ut, Vell. 2, 57, 2; Suet. Oth. 6:

ut te praemonerem, plurimum tibi credas,

Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 7:

praemonito filio, ne alii crederet,

Just. 12, 14, 7:

praemoneo, numquam scripta quod ista legat,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 16:

de impendentibus periculis voce Jovis praemoneri,

Cic. Har. Resp. 5, 10:

conatus hostis,

to warn of, Liv. 33, 20, 12:

caeli varietatem praemonitus,

Col. 11, 2, 1:

praemoniti oraculo,

Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 199:

ut futuri principes praemonerentur, quā viā possent ad gloriam niti,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 2.—

In partic., of prophecies, to foretell, foreshow, predict ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

futura,

Just. 43, 1, 8:

haruspices praemonuerunt superna vulnera,

Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—

Of inanimate things, to presage, signify, foreshadow:

ferunt Terribiles tubas auditaque cornua caelo Praemonuisse nefas,

Ov. M. 15, 784:

rutilus (circa lunam) et ventos et imbres praemonebit,

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—

Of animals:

pericula (animalia) praemonent, non fibris modo extisque, sed aliā quādam significatione,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

With object-clause:

et vatum timeo monitus, quos, igne Pelasgo Ilion arsuram, praemonuisse ferunt,

Ov. H. 17, 239.—Hence, praemŏnĭtum, i, n., a premonition (post-class.):

praemonita et praecepta,

Gell. 14, 2, 3.