Logeion | irritus

vana atque irrita legatio fuit
the embassy was fruitless and ineffectual

inritus, a, um: baffled in calculation or purpose; ineffectual, unavailing; useless, vain, 2.459. (2. in- and ratus)

irrĭtus (inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inratus], invalid.

I Lit.
- A Undecided, unfixed, void, of no effect: quod modo erat ratum, irritum est, Ter. Phorm. 951: testamentum irritum facere, Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109: testamentum pro irrito habere, Suet. Tib. 51; Gai. Inst. 2, 146 sq.; Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 14: injurias rescindere et irritas facere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63: quaeque augur injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, dira, defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto, id. Leg. 2, 8, 21: omnia ab iis acta, Vell. 2, 43, 1: pacta, Sil. 6, 696: Tiberii voluntas, Suet. Calig. 14: somnia, of no significance, id. Aug. 91: Remus aves irritas habuit, Gell. 13, 14.—
- B Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual: ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 10 (136): inceptum, Liv. 29, 35; 24, 19: dona, Verg. G. 4, 519: tela, id. A. 2, 459: moenia, Ov. M. 12, 587: labor anni, id. ib. 1, 273; Quint. 12, 1, 13: verba, Ov. R. Am. 286: tua dicta factaque, Cat. 30, 10: spes, Liv. 22, 20; Stat. Th. 10, 45: oblivio, Liv. 28, 29: lingua (Cassandrae), Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 66: remedium, Tac. H. 4, 81: preces, Plin. Pan. 26: ova, fruitless, infertile, Plin. 10, 58, 79, § 160.—
II Transf., of persons, that does or undertakes a thing in vain, to no purpose, without effect.
- - - - α With gen.: irritus legationis, Tac. H. 4, 32: consilii, Vell. 2, 63, 2: propositi, Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 ext.: spei, vainly hoping, Curt. 6, 5, 31: incepti, Sil. 7, 131.—
      - β Absol.: variis assultibus irritus urget, Verg. A. 5, 442: venit et e templis irrita turba domum, without a response, Tib. 2, 3, 22: irriti legati remittuntur, Tac. A. 15, 25: domum irritus rediit, Sen. Ben. 6, 11: discedere irritum putebat, Curt. 4, 4, 2: irritus qui habebatur, laudabatur, good for nothing, Cat. ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2.—Subst.: irrĭtum, i, n., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness: spes ad irritum redacta, Liv. 28, 31: spes ad irritum cadens, id. 2, 6: victoria ad inritum revolvebatur, Tac. H. 3, 26: cecidisse in inritum labores, id. ib. 3, 53 fin.: irrita dicere, useless words, Ov. M. 11, 40.—Adv.: irrĭtē, in vain, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4; 12, 2.

irrītus, ūs, m., v. hirritus.

ir-ritus, a, um (in u. ratus), I) ungültig (Ggstz. ratus), testamentum facere irritum, Cic.: quod erat ratum, irritum est, Ter.: aves, Gell.: cassatur ergo et in irritum deducitur numerus, Rufin. Orig. in numer. homil. 20, 1. – II) vergeblich, a) v. Lebl., vergeblich, unwirksam, erfolglos, prodigium, Tac.: quassatio capitum, Liv.: inceptum, Liv.: remedium, Tac.: preces, Plin. pan.: labor, Ov. u. Quint.: lingua, Prop.: dona, Verg.: promissa, Catull.: tela, Verg.: ova, Windeier, Plin.: ager aratro irritus, Apul. flor. 15 in.: alqd irritum efficere, Tac.: ut irrita promissa eius caderent, Liv. – subst., irritum, ī, n., das Vergebliche, irriti ludibrium, der Spott über das Mißlingen, Tac.: spes ad irritum cadit, schlägt fehl, Liv.: spes ad irritum redacta, fehlgeschlagen, vereitelt, Liv.: labores cecĭdēre in irritum, Tac.: ne meae dispositiones in irritum veniant, Vopisc. Aurel. 47, 4. – b) übtr., v. Pers., ohne Erfolg, vergebens, homo, ein Nichtsnutz, Taugenichts, Cato: irritus urget, Verg.: domum irritus rediit, Sen.: irritus discessit, Tac.: venit irrita turba domum, Tibull.: irritis hostibus, Tac.: irriti dissuadent, Tac. – m. Genet., ut irritus legationis, als habe er den Zweck seiner Sendung verfehlt, Tac.: irr. consilii, da er seinen Rat nicht befolgt sah, Vell.: spei, in ihrer H. getäuscht, Curt.: u. so voti, Stat.: incepti, in seiner Unternehmung getäuscht, unverrichteter Sache, Sil.

irritus [CL] 1 invalid, not ratified, (made) void. b (~um facere) to make void, cancel. c (~um habere) to treat as void, to consider invalid. d (in ~um) to no effect. Gabaonitarum ~um foedus, calliditate licet extortum, nonnullis intulisse exitium Gildas EB 1; si jusjurandum vel votum quod puella in domo patris, nesciis parentibus, ‥ volens fecerit judicatur ~um ‥ W. Malm. GR III 238; quicquid imperatori verbo seu scripto concesserat ~um esse debere ‥ censebant Ord. Vit. X 1 p. 6; secundum solitum ordinem judiciorum procedat, alioquin ~a vel nulla erit sententia Ric. Angl. Summa 35 p. 74. b 615 nostra decreta si quis ‥ ~a facere temptaverit (Lit. Papae) W. Malm. GP I 30; 675 (12c) si quis haec scripta ‥ ~a facere nitetur CS 37; ut factum ‥ ~um faciam Bede HE II 12 p. 108; 858 hoc infringere vel ~um facere CS 496; si quid ‥ per placitum factum est, stare non debet et ego ~um facio Anselm (Ep. 331) V 265; omnes eorum allegationes instantia sua dissolvit et ~as fecit W. Malm. GP III 125. c 813 si quis ‥ constitutionem inritam habere et in oblivionem deducere ‥ CS 342; 1102 ut fides inter virum et mulierem occulte et sine testibus data de conjugio ‥ ~a habeatur Conc. Syn. 677; ne imposterum hec conventio ~a habeatur Cart. Colne 30; malens ‥ verbum ‥ quam factum ~um habere Gir. EH I 46. d 680 (14c) ut nullus post obitum nostrum hoc donativum in ~um facere praesumat CS 47; religionem in ~um redegissent et in confusionem Tract. Ebor. 664; 1138 etc. (v. devocare 2b); factum proprium in ~um revocare voluit Neckam NR II 123 p. 202; s1241 consideravit nempe si totam severitatem expenderet, forsan legatus pape qui tune aderat in ~um duceret, regemque ad deteriora provocaret Higd. VIII 232. 2 (of effort or enterprise) ineffectual. b (of person) thwarted in purpose. nolo fidem frangas, licet irrita dicta putentur Aldh. Aen. 41. 1; 1126 nunc pater cave, ne preces nostre que, ut estimamus, tibi transeunti profuerunt, causa tui ~e videantur Ep. Anselm. Bur. 97; s1135 omnes ejus conatus ~i fuissent nisi ‥ W. Malm. HN 460; sed gravis in nihilo labor irritus ille resedit L. Durh. Dial. II 409. b preter assultus quos regiis castellis ~us fecerat W. Malm. GR V 397; hunc [sc. regem Adalgisum] ad necem vel expulsionem viri Dei Ebroinus epistolis cum temptasset ‥ ~us fuit Id. GP III 100 p. 221; s1139 castellum Hunfridi de Buhun, ‥ vocabulo Trobrigge, invasit, set ~us abiit Id. HN 479.

irrĭtus (9) (inr-), a, um (in, ratus), ¶ 1 non ratifié, non fixé, non décidé, annulé : aliquid inritum facere Cic. Phil. 2, 109, annuler qqch., cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63 ; Leg. 2, 21 ¶ 2 vain, inutile, sans effet : irrito incepto Liv. 29, 35, 12, son entreprise ayant échoué ; irrita promissa cadunt Liv. 2, 31, 5, les promesses demeurent stériles, cf. Liv. 6, 35, 10 ¶ 3 [en parl. de pers.] a) [avec le gén.] qui ne réussit pas dans, malheureux dans : irritus legationis Tac. H. 4, 32, sans succès dans son ambassade, cf. Curt. 6, 5, 31 ; Vell. 2, 63, 2 ; Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 ; b) [abs^t ] qui nʼa pas réussi : domum irritus redit Sen. Ben. 6, 11, 2, il revient chez lui sans succès, cf. Tac. Ann. 15, 25 ¶ 4 n. irritum : spes ad irritum redacta Liv. 28, 31, 1, espoir anéanti ; ad irritum cadere Liv. 2, 6, ou in irritum Tac. H. 3, 13, aboutir au néant.

ir-ritus, a, um (ratus)

1. ongeldig [testamentum]; ➤ -um facere alqd;
2. vergeefs, zonder resultaat, ineffectief, nutteloos [inceptum; remedium; praeda die niets oplevert; ictus misslag]; ➤ quis non -a tura dedit? wie bracht niet tevergeefs wierookoffers?;
3. (v. personen) zonder succes, zonder iets te bereiken; ➤ legati -i redierunt onverrichter zake; — alcis rei ~ teleurgesteld in [legationis; spei].

irritus , a, um. (ratus.)
虛妄。廢者。— spei 妄望。— consilii 無主意。— domum rediit 失望而歸。Irrita jussit esse 廢此等事。

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inritus (irr-) adj.

2 in+ratus, undecided, unsettled, invalid, void, of no effect: quod modo erat ratum, inritum est, T.: testamentum: quaeque augur dira defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto.— Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual: omissā inritā re, abandoning the useless effort, L.: tela, V.: labor anni, O.: oblivio, L.: inritum Quodcumque retro est efficiet, worthless, H.—As substn., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness: spes ad inritum redacta, L.: cadere in inritum, Ta.: inrita dicere, useless words, O.—Of persons, asking in vain, accomplishing nothing, baffled, failing: variis adsultibus inritus urget, V.: venit inrita turba, Tb.: inritis hostibus, Ta.: spei, vainly hoping, Cu.

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