English → Latin
“irritate” in Latin
īraire, anger, wrathbīlisbile; anger, gallconcitōto rush; to rouse up, agitate, move violently, stir up, excite, disturb; to spur, impel, incite
The English word irritate itself goes back to Latin irrītō, through irrītātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
irritate
To make angry, aliquem iratum reddere: iram, bilem, or stomachum alicui movere: concitare (to excite; e.g., animum injuriis, Cic.): ☞ irritare aliquem absolutely, in the sense of “irritating” is not classical; but irritare aliquem or alicujus animum ad aliquid (e.g., animos ad bellum, etc.) is. To be irritated, iratum fieri; ira incendi; (ira) excandescere: he employed all possible means of irritating the soldiers, quibuscunque irritamentis poterat, iras militum acuebat (Liv.).
IMPROPR., To irritate wounds, vulnera inflammare; the nerves, motum excitare in nervis (☞ Cic., De Or., 1, 46, 202: nimium or vehementiorem might be added).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for irritate?
- The usual Latin words for “irritate” are īra, bīlis, concitō. 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.