hortativus

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

hortātīvus, a, um, adj. [hortor],

that serves for encouragement or exhortation , hortative : genus (dicendi), Quint. 5, 10, 83: adverbia, i. e. eia, age, etc., Prisc. p. 1021 P.