The corpus record — Latin

incentor

incentor · m

one who sets the tune

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Where it lives

Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Res Gestae 2 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

incentor — Lewis & Short

incentor, ōris, m.id.,

I one who sets the tune or begins to sing, a precentor, singer (post-class.).

I Lit.: carminis, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 32: incentore canam Phoebo Musisque magistris, Avien. Perieg. 895; Isid. 6, 9, 13.—

II Trop., an inciter, exciter: igneus turbarum, Amm. 15, 1, 2: civilis belli, Oros. 5, 19: rebellionis totius, id. 6, 11.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. incentor (scan p. 116; entry #1649).

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