praemunitio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

praemūnītĭo: ōnis, f. praemunio, II. B.,
I a fortifying or strengthening beforehand.
I In gen., Ambros. de Isaac et Anim. 4, 37.—
II Trop., rhet. t. t., = πρὀ> παρασκευή, of an orator, who prepares the minds of his hearers for what he has further to say, a preparation, premunition: sine ullā praemunitione orationis, Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 304; 3, 53, 204; Quint. 9, 2, 17.