incito

See also: incitó and incitò

Italian

Verb

incito

1. first-person singular present indicative of incitare

Anagrams

• citino
• tonici

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ki.toː/, [ˈɪŋ.kɪ.toː]

Verb

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

1. I set in rapid motion, hasten, urge forwards, speed up, accelerate, quicken.
2. I cause to grow larger; augment, increase; enhance; intensify.
3. (figuratively) I incite, encourage, stimulate, rouse, evoke, excite, spur on; inspire.

Inflection

Conjugation of incito (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, incitāsti1	incitāvit	incitāvimus	incitāvistis, incitāstis1	incitāvērunt, incitāvēre
	pluperfect	incitāveram	incitāverās	incitāverat	incitāverāmus	incitāverātis	incitāverant
	future perfect	incitāverō	incitāveris	incitāverit	incitāverimus	incitāveritis	incitāverint
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	incitāverīs	incitāverit	incitāverīmus	incitāverītis	incitāverint
	pluperfect	incitāvissem, incitāssem1	incitāvissēs, incitāsses1	incitāvisset, incitāsset1	incitāvissēmus, incitāssemus1	incitāvissētis, incitāssetis1	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	incitātūrus esse	incitārī	incitātus esse	incitātum īrī
participles		incitāns	—	incitātūrus	—	incitātus	incitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		incitāre	incitandī	incitandō	incitandum	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
• French: inciter

• Italian: incitare
• Portuguese: incitar
• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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
    

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Portuguese

Verb

incito

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of incitar

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Spanish

Verb

incito

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of incitar.