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incentivus

incentivus · adj

that strikes up

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Where it lives

Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 6 · 1.37/10k

What it meant

incentīvus — Lewis & Short

incentīvus, a, um, adj.id.,

I that strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.).

I Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.—

B Transf., superior: vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.—

II Trop., that provokes or incites: lues, Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence,

B Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive: peccaminis, Prud. Apoth. 929: vitiorum, Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.

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