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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Latin citō

Latin incitō

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪŋ.kɪ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.to]

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, incitārunt, incitāvēre1
	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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		incitāre			incitārī			incitāns			—
future		incitātūrum esse			incitātum īrī			incitātūrus			incitandus
perfect		incitāvisse, incitāsse1			incitātum esse			—			incitātus
future perfect		—			incitātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		incitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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