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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..."