instigo
See also: instigó
Latin
Etymology
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *steyg-. Cognate to Latin stilus, Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”) and Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, to stab”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈstiː.ɡoː/, [ĩːˈstiː.ɡoː]
Verb
īnstīgō (present infinitive īnstīgāre, perfect active īnstīgāvī, supine īnstīgātum); first conjugation
Inflection
Descendants
References
- instigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- instigo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- instigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- instigate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Portuguese
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