I.one who reminds one of any thing, an admonisher, monitor (syn.: hortator, auctor).
I. In gen.: “nil opus fuit monitore,” Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 119: “monitor et praemonstrator,” id. ib. 5, 1, 2: “est enim (hoc praeceptum) non tam acutum quam necessarium, magisque monitoris non fatui quam eruditi magistri,” Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 99: stet ad latus monitor, Sen. Ep. 94, 72: “officii,” Sall. J. 85, 10: “monitoris egere,” Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67.—
II. In partic.
A. The counsellor who furnishes an orator with his points of law, a remembrancer, an assistant: “video mihi non te sed hunc librum esse responsurum, quem monitor tuus hic tenet,” Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 52.—
B. He who reminds one of people's names, a nomenclator: “per monitorem appellandi sunt,” Cic. Mur. 36, 77; Plin. Pan. 23.—
C. An overseer, superintendent, e. g. of youth; an instructor, guide, teacher: “juvenis monitoribus asper,” Hor. A. P. 163: “generosa pubes Te monitore regi, mores et facta priorum Discere,” Stat. S. 5, 3, 147; id. Th. 12, 205.—Of farm-slaves, Col. 1, 9, 4; 7, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 35; Dig. 33, 7, 8; leader, general of troops, Sil. 8, 370.—
D. A prompter in the theatre: monitores qui monent histriones in scenā, Paul. ex Fest. p. 138 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 4916.—
