instigo

instigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar

instigi +‎ -o

• IPA^(key): [insˈtiɡo]

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• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧go

instigo (uncountable, accusative instigon)

1. instigation, prompting, suggestion ("act of instigating")

From Proto-Italic *steigō, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-.

Cognate to Latin stilus, Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”) and Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, to stab”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈstiː.ɡoː/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪iːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsti.ɡo/, [inˈst̪iːɡo]

īnstīgō (present infinitive īnstīgāre, perfect active īnstīgāvī, supine īnstīgātum); first conjugation

1. to stimulate, set on, incite, rouse or urge

   Synonyms: excitō, urgeō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō, restinguō

• “instigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “instigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• instigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “instigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

instigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar

instigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar