English → Latin
“incite” in Latin
incitōto set in rapid motion, hasten, urge forwards, speed up, accelerate, quicken; to cause to grow larger; augment, increaseīnstīgōto stimulate, set on, incite, rouse or urgeirrītōto incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke; to exasperate, irritatecieōto set in motion; act; to move, stir, shake; to summon, callhortorto encourage, exhort, urgestimulōto urge on, goad on, stimulate, rouse up; to torment, vex, trouble, disquiet, disturbexacerbōto exasperate, irritate, provoke; to aggravate
The English word incite itself goes back to Latin cieō, through incitō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incite
incitare: instigare: irritare. Incitare, from ciere, “to urge an inactive person by merely bidding, speaking to, and calling upon him, to an action, generally of a laudable kind, synonymously with hortari; instigare, to “spur on” a reluctant person, by vehement exhortations, promises, threatenings, to an adventurous act, synonymously with stimulare; irritare, to “egg on” a quiet person, by rousing his passions, ambition, revenge, to a violent action, synonymously with exacerbare, Döderlein: incitare is however used of “exciting” anybody against another, in aliquem, Liv.; contra aliquem, Cic. to incite anybody to anything, incitare aliquem ad aliquid (e.g., ad arma, bellum: voluntatem, etc.), or ad aliquid faciendum (e.g., ad servandum genus hominum); by anything, aliqua re; also, incitare aliquid. Vid: To EXCITE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incite?
- The usual Latin words for “incite” are incitō, īnstīgō, irrītō; also cieō, hortor, stimulō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.