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Λεύσσετε, Θήβης οἱ κοιρανίδαι τὴν βασιλειδᾶν μούνην λοιπήν, οἷα πρὸς οἵων ἀνδρῶν πάσχω → See, you leaders of Thebes, what sorts of things I, its last princess, suffer at the hands of such men

Sophocles, Antigone, 940-942

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

admŏnĭtor: ōris, m. id..
I He that reminds or admonishes one of something, a monitor: misi ad te quattuor admonitores non nimis verecundos. Cic. Fam. 9, 8; so id. Top. 1 fin.—
II One that urges to action, an admonisher (cf. admoneo, II. C.): admonitorque operum caelo clarissimus alto Luclfer ortus erat, Ov. M. 4, 664: admonitor praecepti, Cod. Th. 8, 8, 7.