monstra

monstra is a Latin form of monstro, meaning “show, point out; teach”.

It can also be a form of monstrum, “portent, omen; monster”. It is the nominative plural neuter noun or accusative plural neuter noun or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

Found 150 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Philippicae 13.49: … io quis, prius denique omnia quam aut cum Antoniis res publica aut cum re publica Antonii redeant in gratiam. monstra quaedam ista et portenta sunt et prodigia rei publicae. moveri sedibus huic urbi melius est atque in alias, s …

Ovid, Heroides 9.34: Monstraque terribiles persequiturque feras.

All forms of monstro (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.