instinguo

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

in-stinguo, stinxi, stinctum, 3, v. a.,

to instigate , incite , impel (class. only in the part. pass. ): Christus intus instinxerat, Tert. Anim. 26 ( Gell. 17, 20, 7, read instrinxit).— Part. pass. : instinctus , a, um, instigated , incited : furore et audaciā, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188: his vocibus, fired , animated , Liv. 9, 40, 7: furiis, id. 1, 47: injuriā, Suet. Caes. 19: divino spiritu, Quint. 12, 10, 24: classico, id. 2, 11, 4: in bellum, Vell. 1, 12: litterarum jucunditatibus instinctae mentes, Vitr. 9 praef.

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