protrepticon

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

protreptĭcon or -um, i, n., = προτρεπτικόν,

an exhortation , a hortatory or protreptical discourse , Treb. Pol. 2; Stat. S. 5, 2 in lemm.; Aus. Idyll. 4 praef.; Sid. Ep. 1, 25.