hortamen

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hortāmen, ĭnis, n. [hortor],

an incitement , encouragement , exhortation (not anteAug.): non est hortamine longo Nunc, ait, utendum, Ov. M. 1, 277: Decii eventus, ingens hortamen ad omnia pro re publica audenda, Liv. 10, 29, 5: clamoris et verberis, Pall. Mart. 11, 3.—In plur.: hortamina, laudes, Val. Fl. 6, 93: cibos et hortamina pugnantibus gestant, Tac. G. 7 fin.

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