incitamentum
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
incĭtāmentum: i, n. id.,
I an incitement, inducement, incentive.
I In abstr. with gen. or ad: et periculorum et laborum, * Cic. Arch. 10, 23: educandi, Plin. Pan. 27, 1: turbarum, Amm. 21, 12 al.: ad honeste moriendum, Curt. 9, 5, 4; so, ad incessendum, id. 3, 11, 5.— With quo and comp.: inclinatio senatus incitamentum Tiberio fuit quo promptius adversaretur, Tac. A. 2, 38.— In plur.: incitamenta irarum, Tac. A. 1, 55: victoriae, id. Agr. 32: spei, Curt. 4, 14, 1 al.—
II In concr., of persons (in Tac.): Sextia uxor, quae incitamentum mortis et particeps fuit, that instigated, Tac. A. 6, 29 fin.—In plur.: acerrima seditionum ac discordiae incitamenta interfectores Galbae, id. H. 2. 23.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
incĭtāmentum,¹¹ ī, n. (incito), aiguillon, stimulant : laborum Cic. Arch. 23, encouragement aux fatigues ; [avec ad ] Curt. 9, 5, 4 || [en parl. de pers.] Tac. Ann. 6, 27 ; pl., H. 2, 23.
