English → Latin
“irritation” in Latin
īraire, anger, wrathdēfervēscōto cease boiling or ragingdēflagrōto burn down (destroy by fire)īnflammātiōconflagration; inflammation
The English word irritation itself goes back to Latin irrītō, through irrītātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
irritation
As state, ira, etc. [Vid: ANGER.] His irritation is subsiding, ira discedit, defervescit, deflagrat: in a moment of irritation, ira victus; or only per iram; ira.
As act (1) of making angry, irritatio animi alicujus (the exciting or irritating anybody’s mind), or by circumlocution with verbs under IRRITATE. (2) As act of physically exciting anything (e.g., wounds, nerves, etc.), inflammatio (of a wound: it is not found in this sense, but inflammare is, and inflammatio is used by Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for irritation?
- The usual Latin words for “irritation” are īra, dēfervēscō, dēflagrō; also īnflammātiō. 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.