incentor

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

incentor, ōris, m. [incino], one who sets the tune or begins to sing, a precentor, singer (post-class.).

I Lit.: carminis, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 32: incentore canam Phoebo Musisque magistris, Avien. Perieg. 895; Isid. 6, 9, 13.—

II Trop., an inciter , exciter : igneus turbarum, Amm. 15, 1, 2: civilis belli, Oros. 5, 19: rebellionis totius, id. 6, 11.