praemonitor

Latin

Etymology

From praemoneō (“I forewarn”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈmɔ.nɪ.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈmɔː.ni.tor]

Noun

praemonitor m (genitive praemonitōris); third declension

1. (post-Classical Latin) a forewarner, premonitor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praemonitor	praemonitōrēs
genitive	praemonitōris	praemonitōrum
dative	praemonitōrī	praemonitōribus
accusative	praemonitōrem	praemonitōrēs
ablative	praemonitōre	praemonitōribus
vocative	praemonitor	praemonitōrēs

Related terms

• praemoneō
• praemonitiō
• praemonitōrius

Descendants

• → English: premonitor
• French: prémoniteur
• Italian: premonitore
• Spanish: premonitore

References

• “praemonitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praemonitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praemonitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.