monitus
Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mŏnĭtus: a, um, Part., from moneo.
mŏnĭtus: ūs, m. moneo,
I a reminding, warning, admonition.
I In gen. (only poet.): monitu nutricis, Ov. H. 18, 115: finierat monitus, id. M. 2, 103: laevo monitu pueros producit avaros, Juv. 14, 228: monitus acres tradere, Val. Fl. 1, 475. —
II In partic., admonition by the gods through omens, an omen, prognostic, prophecy, the will of the gods, a warning by oracles, lightning, etc. (class.): fortunae monitu, * Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: revererique numinum monitus, Plin. Pan. 76: fulgarum, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24: pecudum, sacrificial signs or prognostics, Val. Fl. 1, 29: sub obtentu monituum deorum quaedam enuntiare, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6.
