in-stĭmŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
to prick or urge on , to stimulate (poet.): aliquem, Ov. F. 6, 508: verbis, id. M. 14, 495; Stat. Th. 1, 715: voce, Sil. 2, 543: falso instimulari, Dig. 5, 2, 3.
īn-stimulō —, —, āre, to goad, urge on, stimulate: Bacchas sonis, O.: Venerem verbis, O. ...
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