incentive Copy link Outline 1. incĭtāmentum (any kind of stimulus)2. stĭmŭlus (that which pricks on, as a goad3. irrītāmentum (that which provokes4. invītāmentum (that which invites or lures on5. illĕcebra • incentive: 1. incĭtāmentum (any kind of stimulus): the highest i. to undergo peril and toil, maximum et periculorum inc. et laborum, Cic. Arch. 10, 23: Tac. 2. stĭmŭlus (that which pricks on, as a goad: stronger than preced.): the i.s of ambition, gloriae st., Cic. Arch. 11, fin.: i.s to activity and toil, st. industriae ac laboris, Cic. Cael. 5, 12: to act as an i. to anything, stimulos habere ad ..., Quint. 10, 7, 16. 3. irrītāmentum (that which provokes: usu. in bad sense): riches, the i.s to vice, opes ir. malorum, Ov. Met. 1, 140: i.s to luxury, ir. luxuriae, Val. Max. 2, 6, 1: cf. Liv. 40, 27, med., quibus ir. poterat, iras militum acuebat. 4. invītāmentum (that which invites or lures on: rare): cf. Cic. Hortens. fr. 68. 5. illĕcebra: v. allurement.