I.perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. cf. ἔρις, ἐρέθω, ἐρεθίζω, Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4, to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.
I. 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.—
II. 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.
