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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + hortor (“encourage”).
Verb
adhortor (present infinitive adhortārī, perfect active adhortātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to encourage, rouse, stimulate, rally, urge or exhort someone to something
- Synonyms: urgeō, sollicitō, excitō, inflammō, impellō, concitō, instinguō, instigō, irrītō, stimulō, percieō, concieō, cieō, incendō, ērigō, exciō, molior, compellō
- Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
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References
- “adhortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adhortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adhortor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to incite to valour: ad virtutem excitare, cohortari (or simply adhortari, cohortari)