ăd-hortor, āri, ātus, 1, v. dep.,
to encourage , urge , exhort one to a thing, constr. with ad , in , de , or absol. : nam me meae vitae consuetudo ad C. Rabirium defendendum est adhortata, Cic. Rab. Perd. 1: ne posset aliquando ad bellum faciendum locus ipse adhortari, id. Off. 1, 11, 35: aliquem ad certam laudem, id. Fam. 1, 7: loricatos ad discumbendum, Suet. Calig. 45: in bellum, Tac. H. 3, 61: in ultionem sui, Suet. Ner. 41: de re frumentaria Boios atque Aeduos adhortari non destitit, he did not cease to incite and spur on the Boii and Aedui , in respect to a supply of corn , Caes. B. G. 7, 17.— Absol. : milites, Cic. Phil. 4, 5: nullo adhortante sibi quisque dux et instigator, Tac. H. 1, 38.—Followed by ut , ne , or the simple subj.: adhort. adulescentes, ut turbulenti velint esse, Cic. Phil. 1, 9: tandem Bruto adhortante, ne jamdudum operientes destitueret, Suet. Caes. 81: adhortor, properent, Ter. Eun. 583: adhortari se, to rouse or bestir one's self : ferus ipse (leo) sese adhortans rapidum incitat animo, Cat. 63, 85.☞ Pass.: adulati erant ab amicis et adhortati, Cassius ap. Prisc. 791 P.: punctione aliqua adhortati vel titillati, Cael. Aurel. Acut. 2, 3.