I.an incitement, encouragement (not in Cic. or Cæs.) ea cuncta Romanis hortamento erant, Sall J. 98, 7: “celeritatis,” Gell. 13, 24, 21: virtutis Just. 3, 5, 9.—In plur.: “in conspectu parentum conjugumque ac liberorum, quae magna etiam absentibus hortamenta animi, etc.,” Liv. 7, 11, 6: “victoriae,” Tac. H. 4, 18; Lact. 5, 19, 9; 4, 1, 8.
hortāmentum , i, n. id.,