irrīto

irrīto ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. [cf. eris, erethô, erethizô, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4], to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.

Lit.:

inritare dictum est proprie provocare,

Non. 31, 21:

si me inritassis, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298; id. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

ne si magis inritatus siet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18:

ita sum inritatus, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 10:

ut vi inritare ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum auderet,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

virum telis,

Verg. A. 10, 644:

Terra, ira irritata deorum,

id. ib. 4, 178:

bello gentes,

Just. 12, 6, 16:

sibi simultates,

Liv. 33, 46:

aliquem ad necem alicujus,

Vell. 2, 66.— Poet.:

cum fera diluvies quietos Irritat amnes,

enrages, Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

flammas,

to kindle, Ov. F. 2, 649.—

In gen., to incite, move, stir up, provoke, vex, inflame:

crabrones,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 75:

tribunos plebis fama ea ipsa inritaverat magis ad certamen,

Liv. 6, 27:

animos ad bellum,

id. 31, 5:

iracundiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: infantiam ad discendum,

Quint. 1, 1, 26:

forma meos irritat amores,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 9:

vitia,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

cupiditatem,

Sen. Ep. 7:

suspiciones,

Tac. H. 3, 4:

animos,

Hor. A. P. 180:

ingenium,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 75:

naturam per se pronam ad humanitatem,

Sen. Ben. 6, 29:

princeps, qui delatores non castigat, irritat,

encourages, Suet. Dom. 9:

exitium,

to hasten, Tac. A. 13, 1:

tussim,

to excite, make worse, Cels. 2, 1; 5, 28, 2. — Hence, irrī-tātus, a, um, P. a., excited, enraged, provoked, irritated:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Galb. 21:

in aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 97.— Comp.:

ego his ejus verbis irritatior,

Gell. 15, 9, 7; 10, 9, 2; id. praef. § 20.— Adv.: irrītātē, in an irritated manner; only in comp., Amm. 22, 15, 19.

irrĭto ( inr-), āre, v. a. [1. irritus], to make void, invalidate (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 3, 12, 2.

to irritate, exasperate, excite.

irrītātus, a, um, P. a., v. 1. irrito fin.

irrītātus ( inr-), ūs, m. [1. irrito], an inciting, instigating:

irritatu suo,

Paul. Sent. 1, 15, 3.

irrīto ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. [cf. eris, erethô, erethizô, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4], to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.

Lit.:

inritare dictum est proprie provocare,

Non. 31, 21:

si me inritassis, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298; id. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

ne si magis inritatus siet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18:

ita sum inritatus, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 10:

ut vi inritare ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum auderet,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

virum telis,

Verg. A. 10, 644:

Terra, ira irritata deorum,

id. ib. 4, 178:

bello gentes,

Just. 12, 6, 16:

sibi simultates,

Liv. 33, 46:

aliquem ad necem alicujus,

Vell. 2, 66.— Poet.:

cum fera diluvies quietos Irritat amnes,

enrages, Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

flammas,

to kindle, Ov. F. 2, 649.—

In gen., to incite, move, stir up, provoke, vex, inflame:

crabrones,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 75:

tribunos plebis fama ea ipsa inritaverat magis ad certamen,

Liv. 6, 27:

animos ad bellum,

id. 31, 5:

iracundiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: infantiam ad discendum,

Quint. 1, 1, 26:

forma meos irritat amores,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 9:

vitia,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

cupiditatem,

Sen. Ep. 7:

suspiciones,

Tac. H. 3, 4:

animos,

Hor. A. P. 180:

ingenium,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 75:

naturam per se pronam ad humanitatem,

Sen. Ben. 6, 29:

princeps, qui delatores non castigat, irritat,

encourages, Suet. Dom. 9:

exitium,

to hasten, Tac. A. 13, 1:

tussim,

to excite, make worse, Cels. 2, 1; 5, 28, 2. — Hence, irrī-tātus, a, um, P. a., excited, enraged, provoked, irritated:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Galb. 21:

in aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 97.— Comp.:

ego his ejus verbis irritatior,

Gell. 15, 9, 7; 10, 9, 2; id. praef. § 20.— Adv.: irrītātē, in an irritated manner; only in comp., Amm. 22, 15, 19.

irrĭto ( inr-), āre, v. a. [1. irritus], to make void, invalidate (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 3, 12, 2.

irrītātus, a, um, P. a., v. 1. irrito fin.

irrītātus ( inr-), ūs, m. [1. irrito], an inciting, instigating:

irritatu suo,

Paul. Sent. 1, 15, 3.

abs-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. (sync. abscēssem = abscessissem, Sil. 8, 109), to go off or away, to depart.

Lit.

In gen.:

abscede hinc, sis, sycophanta,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 162:

meo e conspectu,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 74:

numquam senator a curiā abscessit aut populus e foro,

Liv. 27, 50, 4; so,

a corpore (mortui),

Tac. A. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 3, 5:

ut abscesserit inde (i. e. e castris) dictator,

Liv. 22, 25, 9:

illorum navis longe in altum abscesserat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 66.

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to march off, to depart, retire:

non prius Thebani Spartā abscessissent quam, etc.,

Nep. Iphicr. 2 fin.:

longius ab urbe hostium,

Liv. 3, 8, 8; cf.:

a moenibus Alexandriae,

id. 44, 19, 11.— Absol.:

si urgemus obsessos, si non ante abscedimus quam, etc.,

Liv. 5, 4, 10; so Nep. Epam. 9.— Impers.:

abscedi ab hoste,

Liv. 22, 33, 10; cf. id. 27, 4, 1:

nec ante abscessum est quam, etc.,

id. 29, 2, 16; so,

a moenibus abscessum est,

id. 45, 11, 7:

manibus aequis abscessum,

Tac. A. 1, 63.

To disappear, withdraw, be lost from view: cor (est) in extis: jam abscedet, simul ac, etc., will disappear, Civ. Div. 2, 16 fin. — Poet.:

Pallada abscessisse mihi,

has withdrawn from me, from my power, Ov. M. 5, 375.—Of stars, to set, Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 72 al.

Of localities, to retire, recede, retreat:

quantum mare abscedebat,

retired, Liv. 27, 47 fin.;

so in architecture: frontis et laterum abscedentium adumbratio,

of the sides in the background, Vitr. 1, 2, 2; so id. 1, 2, 7, praef. 11.

With respect to the result, to retire, to escape:

abscedere latere tecto,

to escape with a whole skin, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5.

Fig., to leave off, retire, desist from, constr. with ab, the simple abl., or absol.: labor ille a vobis cito recedet, benefactum a vobis non abscedet (followed by abibit), Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1 fin.; so,

cito ab eo haec ira abscedet,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 15.— With abl. only:

haec te abscedat suspicio,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 100:

abscedere irrito incepto,

to desist from, Liv. 20, 7, 1.— Absol.:

aegritudo abscesserit,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 29; so,

somnus,

Ov. F. 3, 307:

imago,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6:

ille abscessit (sc. petitione sua),

desisted from the action, Tac. A. 2, 34:

ne quid abscederet (sc. de hereditate),

Suet. Ner. 34; so,

semper abscedente usufructu,

Dig. 7, 1, 3, § 2.

excĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [excio], to call out or forth, to bring or send out, to wake or rouse up (freq. and class.; cf.: provoco, evoco; irrito, lacesso, invito).

Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscura umbra, Poëta ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

aliquem a portu,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 10:

aliquem huc foras,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 2:

si excitatus fuerit de spectaculis,

turned out, expelled, Quint. 3, 6, 19:

dormientes spectatores e somno,

to wake up, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 48; cf.:

quaeso, ne me e somno excitetis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12:

velut dormitantes eos excitari,

Quint. 4, 1, 73:

patre excitato (opp. dormiente),

id. 4, 2, 72:

scuto offenso excitatus vigil,

Liv. 7, 36, 2:

aliquem ab inferis,

to summon up, Cic. Font. 12, 26; id. Cat. 2, 10, 20; id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, 129:

aliquem a mortuis,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

non dubitavit excitare reum consularem,

to call upon to stand up, to call up, id. ib. 2, 28, 124:

reos,

id. ib. 2, 47, 195; Quint. 11, 3, 174; cf. Liv. 9, 8, 3:

testes,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 47: judicem, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104 et saep.: feras, to rouse or scare up, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

cervum nemorosis latibulis,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 1.—Prov.:

aliis leporem,

Petr. 1, 31, 7.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, to raise, erect:

vapores, qui a sole ex aquis excitantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

caput altius,

Cels. 8, 4 med. —

In partic., with the accessory notion of making, forming, to raise, erect, build, construct:

exstrui vetat (Plato) sepulcrum altius, quam, etc.... nec e lapide excitari amplius,

Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68:

turres,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40, 2; id. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

tumulum alicui,

Suet. Claud. 1:

aedificium,

Sen. Ep. 52:

urbem,

Flor. 1, 1:

nova sarmenta cultura excitantur,

are produced, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

pascua in novalibus,

Pall. Nov. 13, 3:

ignem,

to kindle up, excite, Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4; Lucr. 6, 308:

incendium,

Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3:

invalidas flammas admoto fomite,

Luc. 8, 776.— Poet. transf.:

aras,

Verg. G. 4, 549:

foculum bucca,

Juv. 3, 262:

siser stomachum,

Plin. 20, 5, 17, § 34:

uvae os, stomachum,

id. 23, 1, 7, § 12.

Trop.

In gen., to raise up, comfort; to arouse, awaken, excite, incite, stimulate, enliven:

qui ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscerem,

erected, established, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

amici jacentem animum excitare,

id. Lael. 16, 59; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 16, 8; and:

animos excitare atque inflammare ad persequendi studium,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

animos omnium ad laetitiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3:

aliquem ad laborem et ad laudem,

Cic. Planc. 24, 59; cf. id. Top. 2, 5:

languentem labentemque populum ad decus,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

aliquem ad bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3:

aliquem ad virtutem,

id. ib. 6, 14, 5:

aliquem ad audiendum,

Quint. 4, 1, 34:

gallos alacritate ad canendum,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56 et saep.:

alicujus memoriam alicui excitans,

reviving, renewing, Cic. Or. 10, 35:

hominum studia ad utilitates nostras allicere atque excitare,

id. Off. 2, 6, 20:

hominum studia,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1:

salsum excitat et a taedio defendit orationem,

enlivens, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

fictiones personarum mire orationem excitant,

id. 9, 2, 29; cf. id. 6, 1, 2:

hi soni cum augenda intentione excitandi (opp. temperandi),

to sharpen, pronounce strongly, id. 11, 3, 42:

syllabam acutam,

id. 12, 10, 33. —

In partic.

To appeal to, call upon, cite:

ut nos ex annalium monimentis testis excitamus eos, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 67:

multos testis liberalitatis tuae,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 47.—

With the accessory idea of producing (acc. to I. B. 2.), to found, cause, occasion, excite, kindle:

priusquam docuero, quibus initiis ac fundamentis hae tantae summis in rebus laudes excitatae sint,

Cic. Sest. 2, 5; cf. id. Fin. 4, 7, 18:

in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

risus,

id. Phil. 3, 9, 21:

plausum,

id. Sest. 58, 124:

fletum etiam inimicis,

id. ib. 57, 121:

amores,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

iras,

Verg. A. 2, 594:

suspicionem alicui,

Cic. Sest. 18, 41: varios sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:

quantas tragoedias,

Cic. Mil. 7, 18:

vim ac dolorem bonorum omnium,

id. Planc. 18, 45 et saep. —Hence, excĭtātus, a, um, P. a. (lit. excited, kindled; hence), animated, lively, vigorous, vehement, strong, loud (rare but class.):

acutus et excitatus sonus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18.— Comp.:

clamor,

Liv. 4, 37, 9:

haec lumina,

Quint. 12, 10, 49:

schema,

id. 9, 3, 10.— Sup.:

odor,

Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182. — Adv.: excĭtāte, vigorously, briskly, brightly, vehemently. —In the comp.:

fulgent gemmae,

Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106:

clamitantes,

Amm. 18, 8.

irrītābĭlis ( inr-), e, adj. [1. irrito].

Easily excited or enraged, irritable:

irritabiles esse animos optimorum saepe hominum,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4:

genus vatum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 102; Amm. 18, 6, 18.—

Act., easily exciting:

formae,

Lact. 6, 23, 5.

irrītātĭo ( inr-), ōnis, f. [1. irrito], an incitement, incentive, provocative, irritation, stimulant (not ante-Aug.).

Physical: tenesmos est irritatio ultimae partis directi intestini, Scrib. 142 init.:

tamquam edendi irritationes quasdam repertas esse,

Gell. 7, 16, 6.—

Of the feelings or passions.

In gen.:

ad amicitiam naturalis irritatio,

Sen. Ep. 9, 17:

vinum multum... irritationem et iram facit,

Vulg. Sir. 31, 38.—With gen. subj.:

(feminae) nullis conviviorum irritationibus corruptae,

Tac. G. 19.— With gen. obj.:

inesse irritationem animis commutandi sedes,

a restless desire, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6, 5.—

Esp., wrath, anger, irritation:

animorum,

Liv. 31, 14, 6.

irrĭtus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inratus], invalid.

Lit.

Undecided, unfixed, void, of no effect:

quod modo erat ratum, irritum est,

Ter. Phorm, 4, 7, 58:

testamentum irritum facere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109:

testamentum pro irrito habere,

Suet. Tib. 51; Gai. Inst. 2, 146 sq.; Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 14:

injurias rescindere et irritas facere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:

quaeque augur injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, dira, defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

omnia ab iis acta,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

pacta,

Sil. 6, 696:

Tiberii voluntas,

Suet. Calig. 14:

somnia,

of no significance, id. Aug. 91:

Remus aves irritas habuit,

Gell. 13, 14.—

Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual:

ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 10:

inceptum,

Liv. 29, 35; 24, 19:

dona,

Verg. G. 4, 519:

tela,

id. A. 2, 459:

moenia,

Ov. M. 12, 587:

labor anni,

id. ib. 1, 273; Quint. 12, 1, 13:

verba,

Ov. R. Am. 286:

tua dicta factaque,

Cat. 30, 10:

spes,

Liv. 22, 20; Stat. Th. 10, 45:

oblivio,

Liv. 28, 29:

lingua (Cassandrae),

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 66:

remedium,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

preces,

Plin. Pan. 26:

ova,

fruitless, infertile, Plin. 10, 58, 79, § 160.—

Transf., of persons, that does or undertakes a thing in vain, to no purpose, without effect.

With gen.:

irritus legationis,

Tac. H. 4, 32:

consilii,

Vell. 2, 63, 2:

propositi,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 [p. 1003] ext.:

spei,

vainly hoping, Curt. 6, 5, 31:

incepti,

Sil. 7, 131.—

Absol.:

variis assultibus irritus urget,

Verg. A. 5, 442:

venit et e templis irrita turba domum,

without a response, Tib. 2, 3, 22:

irriti legati remittuntur,

Tac. A. 15, 25:

domum irritus rediit,

Sen. Ben. 6, 11:

discedere irritum putebat,

Curt. 4, 4, 2: irritus qui habebatur, laudabatur, good for nothing, Cat. ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2.— Subst.: irrĭtum, i, n., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness:

spes ad irritum redacta,

Liv. 28, 31:

spes ad irritum cadens,

id. 2, 6:

victoria ad inritum revolvebatur,

Tac. H. 3, 26:

cecidisse in inritum labores,

id. ib. 3, 53 fin.:

irrita dicere,

useless words, Ov. M. 11, 40.— Adv.: irrĭtē, in vain, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4; 12, 2.

irrītus, ūs, m., v. hirritus.

irrītābĭlis ( inr-), e, adj. [1. irrito].

Easily excited or enraged, irritable:

irritabiles esse animos optimorum saepe hominum,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4:

genus vatum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 102; Amm. 18, 6, 18.—

Act., easily exciting:

formae,

Lact. 6, 23, 5.

irrītātĭo ( inr-), ōnis, f. [1. irrito], an incitement, incentive, provocative, irritation, stimulant (not ante-Aug.).

Physical: tenesmos est irritatio ultimae partis directi intestini, Scrib. 142 init.:

tamquam edendi irritationes quasdam repertas esse,

Gell. 7, 16, 6.—

Of the feelings or passions.

In gen.:

ad amicitiam naturalis irritatio,

Sen. Ep. 9, 17:

vinum multum... irritationem et iram facit,

Vulg. Sir. 31, 38.—With gen. subj.:

(feminae) nullis conviviorum irritationibus corruptae,

Tac. G. 19.— With gen. obj.:

inesse irritationem animis commutandi sedes,

a restless desire, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6, 5.—

Esp., wrath, anger, irritation:

animorum,

Liv. 31, 14, 6.

irrĭtus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inratus], invalid.

Lit.

Undecided, unfixed, void, of no effect:

quod modo erat ratum, irritum est,

Ter. Phorm, 4, 7, 58:

testamentum irritum facere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109:

testamentum pro irrito habere,

Suet. Tib. 51; Gai. Inst. 2, 146 sq.; Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 14:

injurias rescindere et irritas facere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:

quaeque augur injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, dira, defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

omnia ab iis acta,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

pacta,

Sil. 6, 696:

Tiberii voluntas,

Suet. Calig. 14:

somnia,

of no significance, id. Aug. 91:

Remus aves irritas habuit,

Gell. 13, 14.—

Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual:

ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 10:

inceptum,

Liv. 29, 35; 24, 19:

dona,

Verg. G. 4, 519:

tela,

id. A. 2, 459:

moenia,

Ov. M. 12, 587:

labor anni,

id. ib. 1, 273; Quint. 12, 1, 13:

verba,

Ov. R. Am. 286:

tua dicta factaque,

Cat. 30, 10:

spes,

Liv. 22, 20; Stat. Th. 10, 45:

oblivio,

Liv. 28, 29:

lingua (Cassandrae),

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 66:

remedium,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

preces,

Plin. Pan. 26:

ova,

fruitless, infertile, Plin. 10, 58, 79, § 160.—

Transf., of persons, that does or undertakes a thing in vain, to no purpose, without effect.

With gen.:

irritus legationis,

Tac. H. 4, 32:

consilii,

Vell. 2, 63, 2:

propositi,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 [p. 1003] ext.:

spei,

vainly hoping, Curt. 6, 5, 31:

incepti,

Sil. 7, 131.—

Absol.:

variis assultibus irritus urget,

Verg. A. 5, 442:

venit et e templis irrita turba domum,

without a response, Tib. 2, 3, 22:

irriti legati remittuntur,

Tac. A. 15, 25:

domum irritus rediit,

Sen. Ben. 6, 11:

discedere irritum putebat,

Curt. 4, 4, 2: irritus qui habebatur, laudabatur, good for nothing, Cat. ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2.— Subst.: irrĭtum, i, n., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness:

spes ad irritum redacta,

Liv. 28, 31:

spes ad irritum cadens,

id. 2, 6:

victoria ad inritum revolvebatur,

Tac. H. 3, 26:

cecidisse in inritum labores,

id. ib. 3, 53 fin.:

irrita dicere,

useless words, Ov. M. 11, 40.— Adv.: irrĭtē, in vain, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4; 12, 2.

irrītus, ūs, m., v. hirritus.

irrĭtus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inratus], invalid.

Lit.

Undecided, unfixed, void, of no effect:

quod modo erat ratum, irritum est,

Ter. Phorm, 4, 7, 58:

testamentum irritum facere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109:

testamentum pro irrito habere,

Suet. Tib. 51; Gai. Inst. 2, 146 sq.; Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 14:

injurias rescindere et irritas facere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:

quaeque augur injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, dira, defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

omnia ab iis acta,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

pacta,

Sil. 6, 696:

Tiberii voluntas,

Suet. Calig. 14:

somnia,

of no significance, id. Aug. 91:

Remus aves irritas habuit,

Gell. 13, 14.—

Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual:

ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 10:

inceptum,

Liv. 29, 35; 24, 19:

dona,

Verg. G. 4, 519:

tela,

id. A. 2, 459:

moenia,

Ov. M. 12, 587:

labor anni,

id. ib. 1, 273; Quint. 12, 1, 13:

verba,

Ov. R. Am. 286:

tua dicta factaque,

Cat. 30, 10:

spes,

Liv. 22, 20; Stat. Th. 10, 45:

oblivio,

Liv. 28, 29:

lingua (Cassandrae),

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 66:

remedium,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

preces,

Plin. Pan. 26:

ova,

fruitless, infertile, Plin. 10, 58, 79, § 160.—

Transf., of persons, that does or undertakes a thing in vain, to no purpose, without effect.

With gen.:

irritus legationis,

Tac. H. 4, 32:

consilii,

Vell. 2, 63, 2:

propositi,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 [p. 1003] ext.:

spei,

vainly hoping, Curt. 6, 5, 31:

incepti,

Sil. 7, 131.—

Absol.:

variis assultibus irritus urget,

Verg. A. 5, 442:

venit et e templis irrita turba domum,

without a response, Tib. 2, 3, 22:

irriti legati remittuntur,

Tac. A. 15, 25:

domum irritus rediit,

Sen. Ben. 6, 11:

discedere irritum putebat,

Curt. 4, 4, 2: irritus qui habebatur, laudabatur, good for nothing, Cat. ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2.— Subst.: irrĭtum, i, n., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness:

spes ad irritum redacta,

Liv. 28, 31:

spes ad irritum cadens,

id. 2, 6:

victoria ad inritum revolvebatur,

Tac. H. 3, 26:

cecidisse in inritum labores,

id. ib. 3, 53 fin.:

irrita dicere,

useless words, Ov. M. 11, 40.— Adv.: irrĭtē, in vain, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4; 12, 2.

irrītus, ūs, m., v. hirritus.