LAT
incentivus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : incentīvus, a, um, id.
* That strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.).
* Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.
* Transf., superior: vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum),Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.
* Trop., that provokes or incites: lues,Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence
* Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive: peccaminis,Prud. Apoth. 929: vitiorum,Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.
* That strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.).
* Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.
* Transf., superior: vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum),Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.
* Trop., that provokes or incites: lues,Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence
* Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive: peccaminis,Prud. Apoth. 929: vitiorum,Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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