stimulo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

stimulō āvī, ātus, āre

stimulus, to goad, rouse, set in motion, stir, spur, incite, stimulate : stimulante fame, driven by hunger , O.: stimulante conscientiā, Cu.: avita gloria animum stimulabat, L.: stimulata pellicis irā, O.: Iurgia praecipue vino stimulata, excited , O.: ad huius salutem defendendam stimulari me: ad arma, L.: iniuriae dolor in Tarquinium eos stimulabat, L.: me, ut caverem, etc.: eodem metu stimulante, ne moraretur, Cu.: Festinare fugam . . . iterum stimulat, V.— To goad, torment, vex, trouble, plague, disquiet, disturb : te conscientiae stimulant maleficiorum tuorum: consulem cura de filio stimulabat, L.