(verb) : instīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, from in and stigo (unused), cf. Gr. στίζω; Sanscr. tig, tij, to be sharp; cf. stimulus for stig-mulus, stilus for stig-lus
* To urge, stimulate, stir up, set on, incite, instigate (class.): si hic non insanit satis sua sponte, instiga,Ter. And. 4, 2, 9: instigante te,at your instigation,Cic. Pis. 11: cuncti sequentem Instigant studiis,stimulate him in the pursuit,Verg. A. 5, 228; 11, 730: Romanos in Hannibalem,Liv. 33, 47: comites agmen instigant,Ov. M. 3, 243: in arma,to rouse to arms,Vell. 1, 12: canem in aliquem,to set on one,Petr. 95: iracundiam,Sen. Ep. 10.— With inf.: laedere,Lucr. 4, 1082.

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