instigo

instigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar

instigi +‎ -o

• IPA^(key): /insˈtiɡo/

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• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧go

instigo (uncountable, accusative instigon)

1. instigation, prompting, suggestion ("act of instigating")

From Proto-Italic *steigō, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-.

Cognate to Latin stilus, Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”) and Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, to stab”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈstiː.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈst̪iː.ɡo]

īnstīgō (present infinitive īnstīgāre, perfect active īnstīgāvī, supine īnstīgātum); first conjugation

1. to stimulate, set on, incite, rouse or urge

   Synonyms: excitō, urgeō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō, restinguō

   Tunc cupiditātēs improbās ōrdinant. Tunc quicquid aut metū aut pudōre cēlābat, animus expōnit. Tunc audāciam acuit, libīdinem inrītat, īrācundiam īnstīgat.

   They bring into play their base desires. The mind displays what fear or shame used to repress. It whets his boldness, stirs his passion, and goads his anger.

• “instigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “instigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• instigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “instigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

instigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar

instigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar