praemonere; anybody about anything, aliquem de re: to do anything, ut aliquid faciat (Ov.); not to do anything, ne aliquid faciat: to be forewarned of anything, praemoneri de aliqua re; also, aliquid (e.g., varietatem caeli praemonitus, Col.). PROV. Forewarned is forearmed, *nihil ei imparato accidit, qui praemonetur: praecogitati mali mollis ictus venit (of being armed to bear it; Sen., Ep., 76, prop. fin.).