irrito

irrito

1. first-person singular present indicative of irritar

• IPA^(key): /ˈir.ri.to/
• Rhymes: -irrito
• Hyphenation: ìr‧ri‧to

Learned borrowing from Latin irritus, from Proto-Italic *ənratos.

irrito (feminine irrita, masculine plural irriti, feminine plural irrite)

1. (law, obsolete) nullified, null and void

   Antonyms: (rare) rato, valido

2. (literary) ineffective, invalid, useless

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

irrito

1. first-person singular present indicative of irritare (Etymology 2)

• irrito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• ritiro, ritirò

From Proto-Italic *enrītos, from *en (“in”) + an unattested-without-affixes *rītos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-tó-s (“whirled, stirred”), from *h₃reyH- (“to churn”).^[1] Related to rīvus (“small stream”).

• inrītō

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

irrītō (present infinitive irrītāre, perfect active irrītāvī, supine irrītātum); first conjugation

2. to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke

   Synonyms: urgeō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, excitō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

   • c. 50 BCE, Publilius Syrus, Sententiae:

     Pecūnia nōn satiat avāritiam, sed irritat.

     Money doesn't satisfy greed, only stimulates it.

3. to exasperate, irritate

   Synonyms: fatīgō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, stimulō, peragō, agitō, angō, disturbō, lacessō, ēvertō, concitō, moveō, agō, versō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

• irrītātiō

All are borrowings.

From irritus (“invalid, void; innefective, useless”) +‎ -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

irritō (present infinitive irritāre, perfect active irritāvī, supine irritātum); first conjugation

2. (Late Latin) to invalidate, make void

• → English: irritate

From irritus +‎ -ō

irritō (comparative irritius, superlative irritissimē)

2. vainly

   Synonym: irritē

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

irritō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of irritus

irrito

1. first-person singular present indicative of irritar

irrito

1. first-person singular present indicative of irritar