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incĭtāmentum, i, n. [incito], an incitement, inducement, incentive.

  1. I. In abstr. with gen. or ad: et periculorum et laborum, * Cic. Arch. 10, 23: educandi, Plin. Pan. 27, 1: turbarum, Amm. 21, 12 al.: ad honeste moriendum, Curt. 9, 5, 4; so, ad incessendum, id. 3, 11, 5.
    With quo and comp.: inclinatio senatus incitamentum Tiberio fuit quo promptius adversaretur, Tac. A. 2, 38.
    In plur.: incitamenta irarum, Tac. A. 1, 55: victoriae, id. Agr. 32: spei, Curt. 4, 14, 1 al.
  2. II. In concr., of persons (in Tac.): Sextia uxor, quae incitamentum mortis et particeps fuit, that instigated, Tac. A. 6, 29 fin.
    In plur.: acerrima seditionum ac discordiae incitamenta interfectores Galbae, id. H. 2. 23.