incito

See also: incitó and incitò

Catalan

Verb

incito

1. first-person singular present indicative of incitar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.t͡ʃi.to/
• Rhymes: -intʃito
• Hyphenation: ìn‧ci‧to

Verb

incito

1. first-person singular present indicative of incitare

Anagrams

• Intoci, Ticino, citino, ontici, tonici

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in, at, on”) +‎ citō (“set in rapid motion; encourage, incite”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ki.toː/, [ˈɪŋkɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.t͡ʃi.to/, [ˈin̠ʲt͡ʃit̪o]

Verb

incitō (present infinitive incitāre, perfect active incitāvī, supine incitātum); first conjugation

1. to set in rapid motion, hasten, urge forwards, speed up, accelerate, quicken
2. to cause to grow larger; augment, increase; enhance; intensify

   Synonyms: adiciō, multiplicō, augeō, accumulō, cumulō

   Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, corripiō

3. (figuratively) to incite, encourage, stimulate, rouse, evoke, excite, spur on; inspire

   Synonyms: eccito, cito, excito, instinguo, instigo, inflammo

Conjugation

Conjugation of incitō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	incitō	incitās	incitat	incitāmus	incitātis	incitant
	imperfect	incitābam	incitābās	incitābat	incitābāmus	incitābātis	incitābant
	future	incitābō	incitābis	incitābit	incitābimus	incitābitis	incitābunt
	perfect	incitāvī	incitāvistī, incitāstī1	incitāvit, incitāt1	incitāvimus, incitāmus1	incitāvistis, incitāstis1	incitāvērunt, incitāvēre, incitārunt1
	pluperfect	incitāveram, incitāram1	incitāverās, incitārās1	incitāverat, incitārat1	incitāverāmus, incitārāmus1	incitāverātis, incitārātis1	incitāverant, incitārant1
	future perfect	incitāverō, incitārō1	incitāveris, incitāris1	incitāverit, incitārit1	incitāverimus, incitārimus1	incitāveritis, incitāritis1	incitāverint, incitārint1
passive	present	incitor	incitāris, incitāre	incitātur	incitāmur	incitāminī	incitantur
	imperfect	incitābar	incitābāris, incitābāre	incitābātur	incitābāmur	incitābāminī	incitābantur
	future	incitābor	incitāberis, incitābere	incitābitur	incitābimur	incitābiminī	incitābuntur
	perfect	incitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	incitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	incitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	incitem	incitēs	incitet	incitēmus	incitētis	incitent
	imperfect	incitārem	incitārēs	incitāret	incitārēmus	incitārētis	incitārent
	perfect	incitāverim, incitārim1	incitāverīs, incitārīs1	incitāverit, incitārit1	incitāverīmus, incitārīmus1	incitāverītis, incitārītis1	incitāverint, incitārint1
	pluperfect	incitāvissem, incitāssem1	incitāvissēs, incitāssēs1	incitāvisset, incitāsset1	incitāvissēmus, incitāssēmus1	incitāvissētis, incitāssētis1	incitāvissent, incitāssent1
passive	present	inciter	incitēris, incitēre	incitētur	incitēmur	incitēminī	incitentur
	imperfect	incitārer	incitārēris, incitārēre	incitārētur	incitārēmur	incitārēminī	incitārentur
	perfect	incitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	incitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	incitā	—	—	incitāte	—
	future	—	incitātō	incitātō	—	incitātōte	incitantō
passive	present	—	incitāre	—	—	incitāminī	—
	future	—	incitātor	incitātor	—	—	incitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		incitāre	incitāvisse, incitāsse1	incitātūrum esse	incitārī	incitātum esse	incitātum īrī
participles		incitāns	—	incitātūrus	—	incitātus	incitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		incitandī	incitandō	incitandum	incitandō	incitātum	incitātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• incitābulum
• incitāmentum
• incitātē
• incitātiō
• incitātor
• incitātus

Related terms

• citō
• concitō
• excitō
• oscitō
• recitō

Descendants

• Catalan: incitar
• English: incite
• Esperanto: inciti
• French: inciter
• → Galician: incitar
• Italian: incitare
• Occitan: incitar
• → Portuguese: incitar
• → Romanian: incita
• Sardinian: inchitare, intzidare, incidai
• Sicilian: nzitari
• Spanish: incitar

References

• “incito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
    
  • to rouse a person's interest, cupidity: aliquem ad cupiditatem incitare
    
  • to row hard: navem remis concitare, incitare
    

Portuguese

Verb

incito

1. first-person singular present indicative of incitar

Spanish

Verb

incito

1. first-person singular present indicative of incitar