monstro

monstro, āvi, ātum, (archaic mostro; v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 61), 1, v. a. [like monstrum, from moneo], to show, point out, to indicate, intimate, inform, advise, teach, instruct, tell any thing (in class. prose very rare, and only in the lit. signif.; in Cic. only a few times; in Cæs. and Sall. not at all; syn.: indico, significo, ostendo, exhibeo).

I.

In gen.: qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 387 Vahl.); cf.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, id. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

iter,

Curt. 5, 13, 9:

palmam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

digito,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 26; Pers. 1, 28:

monstra quod bibam,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 42; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 31:

tu... si quid librari... non intellegent, monstrabis, i. e. dices,

Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1:

res gestae... Quo scribi possent numero, monstravit Homerus,

Hor. A. P. 73:

inulas ego primus amaras Monstravi incoquere,

id. S. 2, 8, 51 sq.:

monstrate mearum Vidistis si quam hic errantem forte sororum,

Verg. A. 1, 321:

cujus prudentia monstrat Summos posse viros... nasci, etc.,

Juv. 10, 48.— Pass.:

quod monstror digito praetereuntium,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 22.— Impers. pass.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.).—

II.

In partic.

A.

To ordain, institute, appoint ( poet. ):

monstratas excitat aras,

appointed, Verg. G. 4, 549:

piacula,

id. A. 4, 636:

ignis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 53.—

B.

To indict, impeach for a crime, to denounce, accuse, inform against (post-Aug.):

alii ab amicis monstrabantur,

were pointed out, informed against, Tac. H. 4, 1:

Nerone Scribonios fratres... ad exitium,

id. ib. 4, 41.—

C.

To advise a person in any manner, or to do any thing:

alicui bene,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 25:

non periclumst ne quid recte monstres,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 55:

conferre manum pudor iraque monstrat,

advise, urge, Verg. A. 9, 44.—Hence, monstrātus, a, um, P. a., conspicuous, distinguished, remarkable (Tacitean):

et hostibus simul suisque monstrati,

Tac. G. 31:

propinquitate Galbae monstratus,

id. H. 1, 88.