hortātus (noun M) : id.
* Incitement, encouragement, exhortation (in class. prose only in abl. sing.): haec vox hujus hortatu praeceptisque conformata, nonnullis aliquando saluti fuit,Cic. Arch. 1, 1: aliorum consilio, hortatu, auctoritate,id. Fam. 13, 29, 7: suorum omnium hortatu,Caes. B. C. 3, 86, 1: hortatu suo,Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 46; Luc. 6, 317.—Dat.: hortatui,Macr. S. 7, 5.— With obj. gen.: hortatus laudum,Sil. 12, 67.—In plur., Ov. M. 3, 242; 7, 339; Val. Fl. 3, 550; 4, 81 al.

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