verb transitive

ex-stĭmŭlo

2nd PP ex-stĭmŭlāre · 3rd PP ex-stĭmŭlāvi · 4th PP ex-stĭmŭlātum · conj. 1st

to prick up; to goad poetic

to prick up, to goad (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). *

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Lit.: aculeo, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 132.—

to goad on; excite; instigate figuratively ••

Trop., to goad on, excite, instigate, stimulate: aliquem dictis, Ov. F. 6, 588: corda furore bellandi, Sil. 1, 38; cf.: armentum libidinis furiis, Col. 6, 27, 3: tigrim fame, Ov. M. 5, 165: animum, Tac. A. 15, 50: libidinem, Col. 8, 11, 8: fata cessantia, i. e. to hasten death, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 29. —Pass.: exstimulatur a libertis, ut ostenderet, Tac. A. 4, 59.

Perseus ID: n17258 Key: exstimulo