Latin

From incinō +‎ -īvus.

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Coordinate terms

• succentīvus

Descendants

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “incentivus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.