admonitor
English
Etymology
From Latin admonitor.
Noun
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, 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, Cambridge, Massachusetts, p. 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,
- Conscience is […] at most times a very faithful and a very prudent admonitor.
- 1547, John Hooper, An Answer vnto my Lord of Wynthesters Booke Intytlyd a Detection of the Deuyls Sophistrye, Zurich: Augustyne Fries,
Further reading
- admonitor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- dominator
Latin
Etymology
admoneō + -tor
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /adˈmo.ni.tor/, [äd̪ˈmɔnɪt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈmo.ni.tor/, [äd̪ˈmɔːnit̪or]
Noun
admonitor m (genitive admonitōris); third declension
- an admonisher, exhorter
Declension
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
- monitor (“warner”)
References
- “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
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoh], /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoɾ/, /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoχ], /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoɻ/, /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dmu.niˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.ðmu.niˈtoɾ]
Noun
admonitor m (plural admonitores)
- admonitor; admonisher (someone who admonishes)
Adjective
admonitor (feminine admonitora, masculine plural admonitores, feminine plural admonitoras)
- (rare) admonitive (conveying admonition)