ădhortātĭo, ōnis, f. [adhortor],
an exhortation , encouragement (class.): omissa nostra adhortatione veniamus ad eorum sermonem, * Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 11: cum clamore comprobata adhortatio esset, Liv. 4, 38; 9, 13; Curt. 3, 11, 9; Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 159; Quint. 11, 3, 64; Suet. Aug. 94 al.