instigation Copy link Outline 1. expr. by verb2. instīgātio (v. rare, and to be avoided)3. stĭmŭlus (lit. a goad; hence, urging, prompting)4. impulsus, ūs (best only in abl. • instigation: 1. expr. by verb: at your i., te instigante, Cic. in Pis. 11, 26 (the same sense might be expr.. less forcibly, te auctore, cf. Cic. l. c. infr.). 2. instīgātio (v. rare, and to be avoided): Auct. Her.: Gai. Dig. 3. stĭmŭlus (lit. a goad; hence, urging, prompting): cf. Tac. H. 3, 53, suis stimulis excitos Moesiae duces, i. e. by his influence or instigation. 4. impulsus, ūs (best only in abl.: any urging or influence): Caes.: Cic.