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irrĭgo (inr- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. inrigo,
I.to lead or conduct water or other liquids to a place.
I. Lit.: “amurcam ad arbores,Cato, R. R. 36: “aquam in areas,id. ib. 151: “imbres (plantis),Verg. G. 4, 115.—
II. Transf.
A. To water, irrigate: “Aegyptum Nilus irrigat,Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; cf. “fig.: Democritus, cujus fontibus Epicurus hortulos suos inrigavit,id. ib. 1, 43, 120: “jugera L. prati,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3: “hortos,Just. 11, 10, 9.—
B. To overflow, inundate: “Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus,Liv. 7, 3: “Pactolus irrigat culta auro,Verg. A. 10, 142.—
C. To wet, moisten, bedew: “terram sanguine,Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 159: “irrigat terram cruor,Sen. Thyest. 44: “fletu genas,id. Phoen. 441. —
D. To supply with fluid: venas quae sub cute sunt. Cels. 7, 7, 15; cf. Flor. 1, 23, 2.—
III. Trop.
A. To cheer, refresh, nourish, strengthen, flood, diffuse: “vino aetatem,Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86: per aures pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 31: “sol irrigat assidue caelum candore recenti,Lucr. 5, 282: per membra quietem, to diffuse, id. 4, 908; cf.: “alicui placidam per membra quietem,Verg. A. 1, 692: “fessos sopor irrigat artus,id. ib. 3, 511: “ut studiosi juvenes lectione severa irrigarentur,Petr. 4.—
B. To flood, overwhelm (com.): “irrigatus plagis,” i.e. beaten soundly, Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 18.
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