irritus, irrita, irritum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
ineffective, useless; invalid, void, of no effect; in vain;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | irritus | irriti |
| Gen. | irriti | irritorum |
| Dat. | irrito | — |
| Acc. | irritum | irritos |
| Voc. | irrite | irriti |
| Abl. | irrito | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | irrita | irritae |
| Gen. | irritae | irritarum |
| Dat. | irritae | — |
| Acc. | irritam | irritas |
| Voc. | irrita | irritae |
| Abl. | irrita | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | irritum | irrita |
| Gen. | irriti | irritorum |
| Dat. | irrito | — |
| Acc. | irritum | irrita |
| Voc. | irritum | irrita |
| Abl. | irrito | — |
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...deplorata colonis uota iacent longique perit labor irritus anni." [28,3] Non laedi terrae debent sed abscondi. Itaque..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...ratus. Male enim respondent coacta ingenia; reluctante natura, irritus labor est. Aestimanda sunt deinde ipsa quae aggredimur..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...euinctus rotae in se refertur, ubi per aduersum irritus redeunte totiens luditur saxo labor, ubi tondet ales auida..."