incentivus
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
Latin > English
incentivus incentiva, incentivum ADJ :: playing the tune; (of the right-hand tube in pair of pipes - other modulates)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
incentīvus: a, um, adj. id.,
I that strikes up, sets the tune (ante- and post-class.).
I Lit.: tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15.—
B Transf., superior: vita pastorum (opp. succentiva vita agricolarum), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 16.—
II Trop., that provokes or incites: lues, Prud. Hamart. 250. —Hence,
B Subst.: incentīvum, i, n., an incentive: peccaminis, Prud. Apoth. 929: vitiorum, Hier. Ep. 52, 3.— Adv.: incen-tīvē, Ven. Fort. Vit. Leob. 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
incentīvus, a, um (incino),
1 qui donne le ton : tibia incentiva Varro R. 1, 2, 15, [opp. succentiva ] flûte qui joue la partie haute || [fig.] qui a le pas sur : Varro R. 1, 2, 16
2 qui provoque, qui excite : Prud. Ham. 250.
Latin > German (Georges)
incentīvus, a, um (incino), I) anstimmend, tibia, Diskantflöte (Ggstz. succentiva), auch bildl. = die Hauptsache, das Vornehmste, Varro r. r. 1, 2, 15. – dass. subst., illa theatralis incentiva (sc. tibia), Ambros. in Luc. 7. § 237. – II) übtr., anregend, reizend, lues, Prud. ham. 250. – subst., incentīvum, ī, n., ein Anreizungs-, Reizmittel (vgl. Haase Misc. 2, 21), Oros. u.a. Spät.; m. subj. Genet., Spartanae tibiae, Pan. vet. inc.: laudis, Arnob.: m. obj. Genet., audendi, Amm.: vitiorum, Hieron.: peccaminis, Prud.: velut inc. torpentis in se amoris, Mar. Victorin.: sunt incentiva amoris (al. amatori), Donat.
