instinguo
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-stinguo: stinxi, stinctum, 3, v. a.,
I to instigate, incite, impel (class. only in the part. pass.): Christus intus instinxerat, Tert. Anim. 26 (Gell. 17, 20, 7, read instrinxit).— Part. pass.: instinctus, a, um, instigated, incited: furore et audaciā, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188: his vocibus, fired, animated, Liv. 9, 40, 7: furiis, id. 1, 47: injuriā, Suet. Caes. 19: divino spiritu, Quint. 12, 10, 24: classico, id. 2, 11, 4: in bellum, Vell. 1, 12: litterarum jucunditatibus instinctae mentes, Vitr. 9 praef.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnstinguō,¹² xī, ctum, ĕre, tr., pousser, exciter : Tert. Anim. 26 ; Vell. 1, 12, 1 ; part. instinctus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 188 ; Liv. 9, 40, 7.
