excitamentum

excitamentum [LL] , stimulus, incitement. 1237 existens ‥ nostri torporis ~um, titubantis erectio, ‥ tribulati consolatio Gros. Ep. 40; 1485 contra diabolicas fraudes et fantastica ~a contemplative certarunt (Lit. Archiep. Ardmachensis) Anal. Boll. XXVII 39.