Verb

instigoCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#INSTIGOCategory:Catalan verb forms#INSTIGOCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with entries#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INSTIGO

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar

Etymology

instigi +‎ -oCategory:Esperanto terms suffixed with -o#INSTIGO

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insˈtiɡo/Category:Esperanto 3-syllable words#INSTIGOCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTIGO

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  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#INSTIGO
• Rhymes: -iɡoCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/iɡo#INSTIGOCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/iɡo/3 syllables#INSTIGO
• Syllabification: ins‧ti‧go

Noun

instigo (uncountable, accusative instigon)Category:Esperanto lemmas#INSTIGOCategory:Esperanto nouns#INSTIGOCategory:Esperanto uncountable nouns#INSTIGOCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with entries#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INSTIGO

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

Etymology

From Proto-ItalicCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic#INSTIGOCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#INSTIGO *steigō, maybe from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#INSTIGO *(s)teyg-.

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈstiː.ɡoː]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#INSTIGOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTIGO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈstiː.ɡo]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#INSTIGOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTIGO

Verb

īnstīgō (present infinitive īnstīgāre, perfect active īnstīgāvī, supine īnstīgātum)Category:Latin lemmas#INSTIGOCategory:Latin verbs#INSTIGOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with entries#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INSTIGO; 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, coërceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō, restinguō

   Tunc cupiditātēs improbās ōrdinant. Tunc quicquid aut metū aut pudōre cēlābat, animus expōnit. Tunc audāciam acuit, libīdinem inrītat, īrācundiam īnstīgat.

   They bring into play their base desires. The mind displays what fear or shame used to repress. It whets his boldness, stirs his passion, and goads his anger.

   Category:Latin terms with usage examples#INSTIGO

References

• “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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “instigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Verb

instigoCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#INSTIGOCategory:Portuguese verb forms#INSTIGOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with entries#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INSTIGO

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar

Verb

instigoCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#INSTIGOCategory:Spanish verb forms#INSTIGOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with entries#INSTIGOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INSTIGO

1. first-person singular present indicative of instigar