The corpus record — Latin

incitamentum

incitamentum · n

an incitement

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Where it lives

Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
Annales 8 · 0.9/10k
Historiae 4 · 0.78/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 4 · 0.54/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

incĭtāmentum — Lewis & Short

incĭtāmentum, i, n.id.,

I an incitement, inducement, incentive.

I In abstr. with gen. or ad: et periculorum et laborum, * Cic. Arch. 10, 23: educandi, Plin. Pan. 27, 1: turbarum, Amm. 21, 12 al.: ad honeste moriendum, Curt. 9, 5, 4; so, ad incessendum, id. 3, 11, 5.— With quo and comp.: inclinatio senatus incitamentum Tiberio fuit quo promptius adversaretur, Tac. A. 2, 38.— In plur.: incitamenta irarum, Tac. A. 1, 55: victoriae, id. Agr. 32: spei, Curt. 4, 14, 1 al.—

II In concr., of persons (in Tac.): Sextia uxor, quae incitamentum mortis et particeps fuit, that instigated, Tac. A. 6, 29 fin.—In plur.: acerrima seditionum ac discordiae incitamenta interfectores Galbae, id. H. 2. 23.

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