incito

See also: incitó and incitò

Catalan

Verb

incito

first-person singular present indicative of incitar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

incito

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

to set in rapid motion, hasten, urge forwards, speed up, accelerate, quicken
to cause to grow larger; augment, increase; enhance; intensify
Synonyms: adiciō, multiplicō, augeō, accumulō, cumulō

Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, corripiō
(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	incitā		—	—	incitāte		—
active	future	—	incitātō		incitātō	—	incitātōte		incitantō
passive	present	—	incitāre		—	—	incitāminī		—
passive	future	—	incitātor		incitātor	—	—		incitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

Related terms

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

first-person singular present indicative of incitar

Spanish

Verb

incito

first-person singular present indicative of incitar