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|lshtext=<b>stĭmŭlus</b>: i, m. for stig-[[mulus]], from the [[root]] stig; Gr. [[στίζω]]>; v. [[stilus]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[goad]] for [[driving]] [[cattle]], slaves, etc. ([[class]]., esp. in the trop. [[sense]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: jam [[lora]] [[teneo]], jam stimulum in manu: Agite equi, etc., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 112: [[parce]], [[puer]], stimulis, et fortius utere loris, Ov. M. 2, 127: aut [[stimulo]] tardos increpuisse boves, Tib. 1, 1, 30 (12); cf. Ov. M. 14, 647: ita te forabunt patibulatum per vias Stimulis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54: aliquem [[stimulo]] fodere, id. Curc. 1, 2, 40: dum te stimulis fodiam, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86: [[numquam]] [[stimulo]] lacessat juvencum, Col. 2, 2, 26.—As a [[term]] of [[abuse]] of slaves: stimulorum [[seges]], Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6; cf. id. Cas. 2, 8, 11: stimulorum [[tritor]], id. Pers. 5, 2, 17.—Prov.: si stimulos pugnis caedis, manibus [[plus]] dolet, i. e. an [[evil]] is aggravated by [[foolish]] [[opposition]], Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55; cf.: [[advorsum]] stimulum [[calces]], [[kick]] [[against]] the pricks, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 28.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., a [[goad]] (as in Engl., [[either]] [[that]] [[which]] vexes, irritates, torments, or, [[more]] freq., [[that]] [[which]] spurs on, incites, stimulates).<br /> <b>1</b> A [[sting]], [[torment]], [[pang]]: [[mens]] sibi conscia factis ... adhibet stimulos torretque flagellis, Lucr. 3, 1019; cf.: subesse caecum aliquem cordi stimulum, id. 3, 874: ne [[illa]] stimulum [[longum]] habet, quae [[usque]] [[illinc]] cor pungit [[meum]], Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 79: stimulos doloris contemnere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; cf.: (res malae) lacerant, vexant, stimulos admovent, etc., id. ib. 3, 16, 35: stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit, Ov. M. 1, 726.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[spur]], [[incentive]], [[incitement]], [[stimulus]]: animum gloriae stimulis concitare, Cic. Arch. 11, 29: [[quidam]] industriae ac laboris ([[with]] illecebrae libidinum), id. Cael. 5, 12: [[quot]] stimulos admoverit homini victoriae studioso, id. Sest. 5, 12; cf.: defendendi Vatinii, id. Fam. 1, 9, 19: omnia pro stimulis facibusque ciboque furoris Accipit, Ov. M. 6, 480: ardet, et injusti stimulis agitatur amoris, id. F. 2, 779: non hostili [[modo]] [[odio]] sed amoris [[etiam]] stimulis, Liv. 30, 14, 1: ad hanc voluntatem ipsius naturae stimulis incitamur, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: ad dicendum [[etiam]] [[pudor]] stimulos habet, Quint. 10, 7, 16: agrariae legis tribuniciis stimulis [[plebs]] furebat, Liv. 2, 54; cf.: acriores [[quippe]] aeris alieni stimulos esse, id. 6, 11: subdere stimulos [[animo]], id. 6, 34: in aliquem stimulis accendi, Tac. H. 3, 45; cf.: suis stimulis excitos Moesiae duces, id. ib. 3, 53: secundae res acrioribus stimulis animos explorant, id. ib. 1, 15: acres Subjectat [[lasso]] stimulos, Hor. S. 2, 7, 94: stimulos sub pectore vertit [[Apollo]], Verg. A. 6, 101: movere acres stimulos irarum, Luc. 2, 324: accensae stimulis majoribus irae, Stat. Th. 11, 497: [[dare]] stimulos laudum, id. Achill. 1, 203.—<br /><b>II</b> In milit. lang., a [[pointed]] [[stake]] [[concealed]] [[beneath]] the [[surface]] of the [[ground]], to [[repel]] [[hostile]] [[troops]] (syn.: sudes, [[stipes]]), Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.: se stimulis induere, id. ib. 7, 82. | |||
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