admonitor
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
admonitor (plural admonitors)
- An admonisher; a monitor.
- 1547, John Hooper, An Answer vnto my Lord of Wynthesters Booke Intytlyd a Detection of the Deuyls Sophistrye[1], Zurich: Augustyne Fries:
- But as a wyckyd person he contemnyd all admonicions, desirid to finishe his treyterons purpose, and after that he had eatyn of that holy supper, he depertyd out of Christes companye, and with all dil[i]gence sowght how to haue his admonitour slaine.
- 1673, Urian Oakes, New-England Pleaded With[2], Cambridge: Massachusetts, page 35:
- […] mens hearts rise and swell against faithful Admonitors, and they must not be reproved or contradicted.
- 1764, William Shenstone, Essays on Men, Manners, and Things in The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Volume 2, p. 307,[3]
- Conscience is […] at most times a very faithful and a very prudent admonitor.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “admonitor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /adˈmo.ni.tor/, [äd̪ˈmɔnɪt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈmo.ni.tor/, [äd̪ˈmɔːnit̪or]
Noun edit
admonitor m (genitive admonitōris); third declension
- an admonisher, exhorter
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | admonitor | admonitōrēs |
Genitive | admonitōris | admonitōrum |
Dative | admonitōrī | admonitōribus |
Accusative | admonitōrem | admonitōrēs |
Ablative | admonitōre | admonitōribus |
Vocative | admonitor | admonitōrēs |
Related terms edit
- monitor (“warner”)
References edit
- “admonitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “admonitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
admonitor m (plural admonitores)
- admonitor; admonisher (someone who admonishes)
Adjective edit
admonitor (feminine admonitora, masculine plural admonitores, feminine plural admonitoras)
- (rare) admonitive (conveying admonition)