irritis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →irritus, irrita, irritum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
ineffective, useless; invalid, void, of no effect; in vain;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...subornatum, militari tantum robore instructum, poenas a se irriti conatus exigentem; spectator destillantis in hostili foculo dexterae stetit..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...voces edocere: reddebant illi, quae monebantur. Ac plerique irritis precibus surdas principis aures adstrepebant; ignarique quid rogassent, quid..."