instigator

== English == === Etymology === From Latin īnstīgātor (“stimulator”), from īnstīgāre (present infinitive of īnstīgō (“to incite, set on, stimulate, rouse or urge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab; to puncture; to goad”)) + -or (from -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂- (suffix forming nouns denoting authority or burden)); cognate with French instigateur. By surface analysis, instigate +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪnstɪɡeɪtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnstəˌɡeɪtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/ Hyphenation: in‧sti‧gat‧or === Noun === instigator (plural instigators) A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble. Synonyms: inciter, troublemaker Hypernyms: initiator < person Hyponyms: agitator, rabble rouser Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:troublemaker 1964, Albert Pepitone, “The Reaction to Boastfulness”, in Attraction and Hostility: An Experimental Analysis of Interpersonal and Self Evaluation (The Atherton Press Behavioral Science Series), New York, N.Y.: Atherton Press, OCLC 490312942; reprinted New Brunswick, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, Transaction Publishers, 2009, →ISBN, page 77: In studies designed to arouse aggression, the instigator often not only threatens the subject, but also expresses an extremely high self-evaluation. Subjects are insulted about their intelligence, sexual attractiveness, and character, and, at the same time, the instigator implies or explicitly describes his own superiority in these respects. ==== Alternative forms ==== instigatour (obsolete, rare) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== instigate instigation ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩː.stiːˈɡaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.stiˈɡaː.tor] === Etymology 1 === From īnstīgō (“to incite, instigate”) +‎ -tor. ==== Noun ==== īnstīgātor m (genitive īnstīgātōris, feminine īnstīgātrīx); third declension stimulator, instigator ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== īnstīgātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of īnstīgō === References === “instigator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “instigator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "instigator", 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) “instigator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French instigateur. === Noun === instigator m (plural instigatori, feminine equivalent instigatoare) instigator ==== Declension ====