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instigo
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See also: instigó
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Verb
instigo
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
instigo (uncountable, accusative instigon)
- instigation, prompting, suggestion ("act of instigating")
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *steigō, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-.
Cognate to Latin stilus, Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”) and Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, to stab”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈstiː.ɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈstiː.ɡo]
Verb
īnstīgō (present infinitive īnstīgāre, perfect active īnstīgāvī, supine īnstīgātum); first conjugation
- to stimulate, set on, incite, rouse or urge
- Synonyms: excitō, urgeō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō
- Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, plācō, coërceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō, restinguō
- Tunc cupiditātēs improbās ōrdinant. Tunc quicquid aut metū aut pudōre cēlābat, animus expōnit. Tunc audāciam acuit, libīdinem inrītat, īrācundiam īnstīgat.
- They bring into play their base desires. The mind displays what fear or shame used to repress. It whets his boldness, stirs his passion, and goads his anger.
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References
- “instigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “instigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “instigo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “instigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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instigo
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