warning Copy link Outline 1. mŏnĭtio (the act of w.)2. mŏnĭtus, ūs, (poet., and of w.s from heaven)3. mŏnĭtum (w. when given)4. admŏnĭtio5. admŏnĭtus, ūs (only found in the abl.)6. admŏnĭtum7. dŏcŭmentum (a w. to instruct, a lesson, proof)8. exemplum (a w. by example to deter) • warning: 1. mŏnĭtio (the act of w.): let w. be without bitterness, m. careat acerbitate, Cic. Am. 24, 89. 2. mŏnĭtus, ūs, (poet., and of w.s from heaven): he had finished his w., finierat monitus, Ov. M. 2, 103: by the w. of fortune, fortunae monitu, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86. 3. mŏnĭtum (w. when given): advice and w.s, consilia, monita, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2: w.s of the gods, deorum m., id. Har. resp. 25, 54. 4. admŏnĭtio: w. is a mild reproof, admonitio lenior objurgatio est, Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339. 5. admŏnĭtus, ūs (only found in the abl.): at the w. he is more furious, acrior admonitu est, Ov. M. 3, 566. 6. admŏnĭtum: precepts, w.s, praecepta, admonita, Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 64. 7. dŏcŭmentum (a w. to instruct, a lesson, proof): a w. was given them that they might guard against a similar wrong, documentum datum illis cavendae similis injuriae, Liv. 3, 50, med.: to take w. what the vanquished have to fear, d. capere quid victis sit extimescendum, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5: it was a w. not to hold the comitia, documento fuit ne comitia haberentur, Liv. 7, 6, extr. 8. exemplum (a w. by example to deter): make me a w., exemplum statuite in me, Ter. Heaut. prol. 51: establish a w., what great punishments are ready for such men, e. statuite quantae poenae sint istiusmodi hominibus comparatae, Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47. Phr.: to take w. by anything, *exemplo monitus cavere: by this w. learn justice, discite justitiam moniti, Virg. Aen. 6, 620: evildoers are punished as a w. to others, *malefici puniuntur in terrorem caeteris: to give w.: for ordinary senses v. to warn: to give w. of (appoint publicly) a day, praedicere diem, Tac. A. 2, 79. of a master or servant: perh. renuntiare, or nuntium mittere (lit. to send a letter of divorce, cf. Cic. Fam. 16, 16).