incito

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See also: incitó and incitò

Catalan

Verb

incito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incitar

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

incito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incitare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From in- (in, at, on) +‎ citō (set in rapid motion; encourage, incite).

Pronunciation

Verb

incitō (present infinitive incitāre, perfect active incitāvī, supine incitātum); first conjugation

  1. to set in rapid motion, hasten, urge forwards, speed up, accelerate, quicken
  2. to cause to grow larger; augment, increase; enhance; intensify
    Synonyms: adiciō, multiplicō, augeō, accumulō, cumulō
    Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, corripiō
  3. (figuratively) to incite, encourage, stimulate, rouse, evoke, excite, spur on; inspire
    Synonyms: eccito, cito, excito, instinguo, instigo, inflammo

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • incito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • incito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
    • to rouse a person's interest, cupidity: aliquem ad cupiditatem incitare
    • to row hard: navem remis concitare, incitare

Portuguese

Verb

incito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incitar

Spanish

Verb

incito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incitar