monitus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
monitus monitus N M :: warning, command; advice, counsel
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mŏnĭtus, a, um, part. p. de moneo.
(2) mŏnĭtŭs,¹¹ ūs, m., rappel, conseil, avis : Ov. H. 18, 115 ; Juv. 14, 228 || avertissement des dieux, oracle, prophétie : Cic. Div. 2, 86 ; Plin. Min. Pan. 76.
Latin > German (Georges)
monitus, ūs, m. (moneo), im Sing. nur im Abl., I) die Erinnerung, Mahnung, Warnung, Verg. u. Ov. – II) insbes., die Erinnerung der Götter durch Orakel, Wahrzeichen usw., das Bedeuten, die Andeutung, Weissagung, der Wille, die Warnung, monitu Fortunae, Cic.: attonitus tanto monitu imperioque deorum, Verg.: monitu dei, Sen.: monitu deorum, Liv., divûm, Verg.: Plur., revereri numinum monitus, Plin. pan.: fulgurum monitus, Plin.
