incentivus

Latin

Etymology

From incinō +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.kenˈtiː.u̯us/, [ɪŋkɛn̪ˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.t͡ʃenˈti.vus/, [in̠ʲt͡ʃen̪ˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

incentīvus (feminine incentīva, neuter incentīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. that strikes up, sets the tune
2. tibia, the treble flute (opp. succentive, that plays the accompaniment)
3. superior ("incentiva vita pastorum", opp. "succentiva vita agricolarum")
4. that provokes or incites

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	incentīvus	incentīva	incentīvum		incentīvī	incentīvae	incentīva
Genitive	incentīvī	incentīvae	incentīvī		incentīvōrum	incentīvārum	incentīvōrum
Dative	incentīvō		incentīvō		incentīvīs
Accusative	incentīvum	incentīvam	incentīvum		incentīvōs	incentīvās	incentīva
Ablative	incentīvō	incentīvā	incentīvō		incentīvīs
Vocative	incentīve	incentīva	incentīvum		incentīvī	incentīvae	incentīva

Coordinate terms

• succentīvus

Descendants

• Catalan: incentiu
• → English: incentive
• Portuguese: incentivo

References

• “incentivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incentivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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.