Esperanto

Noun

stimulo ‎(uncountable, accusative stimulon)

1. stimulation

Synonyms

1. stimulado

Latin

Etymology

From stimulus ‎(“goad; sting; spur, incentive”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.mu.loː/, [ˈstɪ.mʊ.ɫoː]

Verb

stimulō ‎(present infinitive stimulāre, perfect active stimulāvī, supine stimulātum); first conjugation

1. I urge on, goad on, stimulate, rouse up.
2. I torment, vex, trouble, disquiet, disturb.

Inflection

Derived terms

• stimulātiō
• stimulātor

Related terms

Descendants

References

• stimulo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stimulo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stimulo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • his guilty conscience gives him no rest: conscientiae maleficiorum stimulant aliquem