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.
