- instinguo
- 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.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.