admonuit

Admonuit is a Latin verb form meaning “he warned” or “she warned.” It is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of admonēre, a verb meaning to admonish, warn, or remind. The sense covers giving warning, counseling, or urging someone to take a particular course of action.

Etymology and form: admonēre belongs to the second conjugation in Latin, with principal parts admonēre, admonuī, admonitum. The form admonuit is the perfect tense, active voice, indicating a completed past action by a singular subject. The related participle is admonitus, “having been warned,” and the noun admonitio derives from the same root, referring to the act of warning or admonition.

Usage: Admonuit is used to report that someone warned another person. It can take a direct object indicating who was warned (accusative) and may govern clauses that express the recommended action, often with ut + subjunctive or ne + subjunctive. For example, a typical construction is admonuit eum ne veniret (“he warned him not to come”) or admonuit discipulum ut studeret (“he warned the student to study”). In narrative and dialogue, admonuit appears in contexts of authority figures giving guidance or caution.

Distribution and context: The form occurs across Latin literature, from the late Republic onward, in authors such as Caesar, Cicero, and Livy, as well as in political, legal, and moral passages. It is part of the broader Latin vocabulary for speech acts and indirect discourse.

See also: admonere, admonitus, admonitio, admonition.