I.to prick up, to goad (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). *
I. Lit.: “aculeo,” Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 132.—
II. Trop., to goad on, excite, instigate, stimulate: “aliquem dictis,” Ov. F. 6, 588: “corda furore bellandi,” Sil. 1, 38; cf.: “armentum libidinis furiis,” Col. 6, 27, 3: “tigrim fame,” Ov. M. 5, 165: “animum,” Tac. A. 15, 50: “libidinem,” Col. 8, 11, 8: “fata cessantia,” i. e. to hasten death, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 29. —Pass.: “exstimulatur a libertis, ut ostenderet,” Tac. A. 4, 59.
