incentīvus
incentīvus, a, um, adj. id., that strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.). Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.— Transf., superior: vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.— Trop., that provokes or incites: lues, Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence, Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive: peccaminis, Prud. Apoth. 929: vitiorum, Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.
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incentīvus, a, um, adj. id., that strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.). Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.— Transf., superior: vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.— Trop., that provokes or incites: lues, Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence, Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive: peccaminis, Prud. Apoth. 929: vitiorum, Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.
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