incentivus

Latin

adj
Definitions
  • that strikes up, sets the tune
  • tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment)
  • superior ("incentiva vita pastorum", opp. "succentiva vita agricolarum")
  • that provokes or incites

Etymology

Suffix from Latin incinō.

Origin

Latin

incinō

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