praemoneo
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-mŏnĕo: ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.
I 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.—
II 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) Of animals: pericula (animalia) praemonent, non fibris modo extisque, sed aliā quādam significatione, Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—
(d) 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præmŏnĕō,¹² ŭī, ĭtum, ēre, tr.,
1 annoncer d’avance, avertir auparavant, prévenir : aliquem ut Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 23, avertir qqn de ; [av. subj. seul] Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 22, 7 ; de re Cic. Har. 10, avertir d’une chose
2 prédire, présager : Just. 43, 1, 8 ; Plin. 2, 147 ; 8, 102 ; Ov. M. 15, 784.
