English → Latin
“irritable” in Latin
irrītābilisirritable, irascible, short-tempered; excitable, susceptibleīrācundushasty of temper, hot-tempered, irritable, irascible, predisposed to anger, prone to anger, quick to anger; passionate, w
The English word irritable itself goes back to Latin irrītō, through irritabilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
irritable
irritabilis (Cic., Hor.): iracundus: ad iram proclivis: praeceps in iram. to be irritable, facile irritari; facile et cito irasci (Cic.). Anybody is of an irritable temperament, aliquis eo est habitu, ut facile et cito irascatur (after Cic., Top., 16, 62).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for irritable?
- The usual Latin words for “irritable” are irrītābilis, īrācundus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.