incentivus

== Latin == === Etymology === From incinō +‎ -īvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋ.kɛnˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̠ʲ.t͡ʃenˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === incentīvus (feminine incentīva, neuter incentīvum); first/second-declension adjective 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 ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Coordinate terms ==== succentīvus ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: incentiu Italian: incentivo Portuguese: incentivo → English: incentive === References === “incentivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "incentivus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “incentivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.