The corpus record — Latin

impulsor

impulsor · m

one who incites

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Where it lives

In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
Adelphi 2 · 2.02/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Apologia 2 · 0.93/10k
Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

impulsor — Lewis & Short

impulsor (inp-), ōris, m.impello,

I one who incites or instigates, an inciter, instigator (rare but class.; cf.: auctor, hortator, monitor): quamvis non fueris suasor et impulsor profectionis meae, approbator certe fuisti, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 2: se auctores et impulsores et socios habuisse sceleris illius eos viros, quibus, etc., id. Vatin. 10, 24; id. Prov. Cons. 8, 18; cf.: me impulsore, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 21; id. Eun. 5, 6, 18: pravi, Tac. H. 4, 68.

In the wild

inpulsa Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 34.11.p3
inpulsa Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 15.94.29
inpulso Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.21.61.5
inpulsa Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 3.188
impulsoribus Tacitus, Historiae 4.71
inpulsa Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.1.14.8

6 of 32 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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