prompt (v.) Copy link Outline I. To incite, move to actionII. To assist a speaker • prompt (v.): I. To incite, move to action: incĭto, impello, etc.: v. to incite, instigate, impel. II. To assist a speaker: subjĭcio, jēci, ctum, 3: Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 40 (si meministi, id quod olim dictum est subjice): Cic. Also in fig. sense: such language as indignation p.s, quae dolor subjicit, Liv. 3, 48, fin. (Suggero in this sense is doubtful: in Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44, extr., Orelli and Nobbe omit the clause, tuum est ut suggeras.)